1 CORINTHIANS 10:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.”
If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. — Acceptance of pagan hospitality is permitted without excessive conscience-checking. The phrase 'without raising questions' (anakrinonta dia syneidēsin) permits eating without investigating origins. The principle: fellowship with non-believers is possible without hyper-scrupulosity about every detail.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:26
“For to the Lord belongs the earth and the fullness thereof.” Not to the devils. Now if the earth and the fruits and the beasts be all His, nothing is unclean: but it becomes unclean otherwise, from our intention and our disobedience. Wherefore he not only gave permission, but also,
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