1 Corinzi 10:22

22 O vogliamo noi provocare il Signore a gelosia? Siamo noi più forti di lui?

1 Corinzi 10:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:22

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
&c.] As they do who are guilty of idolatry in any shape: nothing is more highly resented by God, or stirs him up more to wrath and fury, and to inflict punishment; he cannot bear, nor will he admit of a rival in religious worship; he is a God jealous of his own honour; nor will he give, or suffer to be given by others, his praise and glory to graven images:

are we stronger than he?
to give into idolatrous practices, is to proclaim and enter into a war against God; and what madness must this be? who can be so sottish and stupid as to think of succeeding? when God is omnipotent, and man a poor feeble impotent creature, a worm, and but dust and ashes: thus the apostle dissuades from idolatry, and every species and branch of it; partly from its ill effect, in bringing men into fellowship with devils; and partly from the impossibility of practising it, in consistence with a true and real participation of the cup and table of the Lord; and from the absurdity and stupidity of it, and its dangerous consequence, in exposing men to the vengeance of an almighty incensed Being.

1 Corinzi 10:22 In-Context

20 Tutt’altro; io dico che le carni che i Gentili sacrificano, le sacrificano ai demoni e non a Dio; or io non voglio che abbiate comunione coi demoni.

21 Voi non potete bere il calice del Signore e il calice de’ demoni; voi non potete partecipare alla mensa del Signore e alla mensa dei demoni.

22 O vogliamo noi provocare il Signore a gelosia? Siamo noi più forti di lui?

23 Ogni cosa è lecita ma non ogni cosa è utile; ogni cosa è lecita ma non ogni cosa edifica.

24 Nessuno cerchi il proprio vantaggio, ma ciascuno cerchi l’altrui.