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1 Corinthians 10:30
1 Corinthians 10:30 is verse 30 of 1 Corinthians chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
King James Version
For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
World English Bible
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for something I give thanks for?
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1 Corinthians 10:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible
28 But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
29 the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
32 Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Romans 14:6He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,