1 CORINTHIANS 10:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: 'The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.' — The quotation recalls the golden calf incident (Exod 32:6). Idolatry and debauchery went together; eating and drinking became occasions for pagan worship. Paul applies this directly: idolatry is the danger facing Corinthians who attend idol feasts. The precedent warns against syncretism and false worship.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:7
“Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, 'the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.'” Do you hear how he even calls them “idolaters?” here indeed making the declaration, but afterwards bringing the proof. And he assigned the cause too wherefore they ran to those tables; and this was gluttony. Wherefore having said, “to the intent that we should not lust after evil things,” and having added, nor “be idolaters,” he names the cause…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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