Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 10:26
For the earth [is] the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.
26. for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof ] See Psa 26:1. Cf. Psa 50:12. It is not the eating of meats that is sinful. ‘An idol is nothing in the world,’ and all creatures are made by God, and are therefore fit for food. (Cf. 1Ti 4:4.) But knowingly to countenance idolatrous rites, to give to another the glory due to the one True God alone, is a grievous sin. Therefore the whole question of sinfulness depends, not on the meat, but on the knowledge of him who eats it, what kind of meat it is. If he does not know that it has been offered to an idol, he may dismiss all scruples, for it is only this knowledge, and not the perishable meat (see ch. 1Co 6:13), which makes him partaker of the ‘table of devils.’ So 1Co 10:27.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
For the earth is the Lords – This is quoted from Psa 24:1. The same sentiment is also found in Psa 50:11, and in Deu 10:14. It is here urged as a reason why it; is right to partake of the meat offered in the market. It all belongs to the Lord. It does not really belong to the idol, even though it has been offered to it. It may, therefore, be partaken of as his gift, and should be received with gratitude.
And the fulness thereof – All that the earth produces belongs to Him. He causes if to grow; and He has given it to be food for man; and though it may have been devoted to an idol, yet its nature is not changed. It is still the gift of God; still the production of His hand; still the fruit of His goodness and love.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. For the earth is the Lord’s] And because God made the earth and its fulness, all animals, plants, and vegetables, there can be nothing in it or them impure or unholy; because all are the creatures of God.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
This sentence is taken out of Psa 24:1. The earth is Gods, or the Lord Christs, who hath sanctified all things for the use of man, and all the variety of creatures that are in it are sanctified by him. An idol cannot pollute any kind of meat, it hath no such malign influence upon any thing; you may pollute yourselves by your action, eating it in the idols temple, at an idolaters feast immediately upon his sacrifice, but the idol itself is no operative thing, nor can cause an ill quality in the meat; let the meat be once returned to its common use, (the idolaters sacred mysteries being over), it is the Lords, what he hath appointed for the use of man. In the idols temple they took the meat out of the devils hand, that was indeed unlawful; but if it were once returned to its common use, and sold in the market, they took it out of the hand of Gods common providence, and every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving, 1Ti 4:4.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
26. The ground on which sucheating without questioning is justified is, the earth and all itscontents (“the fulness thereof,” Psa 20:1;Psa 50:12), including all meats,belong to the Lord, and are appointed for our use; and whereconscience suggests no scruple, all are to be eaten (Rom 14:14;Rom 14:20; 1Ti 4:4;1Ti 4:5; compare Ac10:15).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof,…. Which words are taken out of Ps 24:1 and to be understood of Christ, who by creation and preservation is Lord of the whole earth, and as Mediator has all in his possession; and having broken down the middle wall of partition, gives his people the free use of all creatures, of the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, the fishes of the sea, and the trees, fruits, and plants of the earth, which are the fulness thereof; and therefore as the saints have a full right from Christ, to make use of all the creatures in a moderate way, and with thankfulness, they need not fear being defiled by any of them; provided they do not act contrary to the honour of God, and in favour of an idol, or against their own conscience, and the peace of weak believers.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
This verse gives the reason for Paul’s advice. It is a quotation from Ps 24:1 and was a common form of grace before meals.
Fulness (). Old word from , to fill, here that with which a thing is filled, whatever fills the earth.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
The earth is the Lord ‘s, etc. The common form of Jewish thanksgiving before the meal. For fullness, see on Rom 11:12.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “For the earth is the Lord’s.” (tou gar kuriou he ge) “For of the Lord the earth (exists). The earth is of the Lord and the fulness of it belongs to Him,” is Paul’s view of the meat and the market place. Psa 24:1.
2) “And the fullness thereof. (kai to pleroma autes) “And the fulness of it.” That meat sold in the shambles, public market place, unassociated with heathen worship, belongs to the Lord; to eat it is therefore proper. While to sit and eat of the same meat before an altar of an idol god would be wrong, signifying Christian sanction of idolatry, forbidden of the Lord; 1Th 1:9; Gal 4:8; 2Jn 1:10-11; 1Jn 5:21.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
26. The earth is the Lord’s He establishes, from the testimony of David, the liberty which he had allowed. (Psa 24:1, and Psa 50:12.) But it will be asked by some one, “What has this to do with the point?” I answer, If the fullness of the earth (599) is the Lord’s, there is nothing in the world that is not sacred and pure. We must always keep in view, what the question is of which the Apostle treats. It might be doubted, whether the creatures of God were polluted by the sacrifices of the wicked. Paul says they are not, inasmuch as the rule and possession of the whole earth remain always in the hands of God. Now, what things the Lord has in his hands, he preserves by his power, and consequently sanctifies them. The sons of God, therefore, have the pure use of everything, because they receive them no otherwise than from the hand of God.
The fullness of the earth, (600) is an expression which is made use of by the Prophet to denote the abundance of blessings, with which the earth is furnished and adorned by the Lord. For if the earth were stripped of trees, herbs, animals, and other things, it would be like a house devoid of furniture and every kind of utensil: nay more, it would be mutilated and disfigured. Should any one object, that the earth is cursed on account of sin, the answer is easy — that he has an eye to its pure and perfect nature, because Paul is speaking of believers, to whom all things are sanctified through Christ.
(599) “ C’est ‘a dire, le contenu d’icelle;” — “That is to say, what it contains.”
(600) “ Lequel mot nous auons traduit, Le contenu de la terre;” — “Which expression we have rendered — What the earth contains.”
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(26) The earth is the Lords. . . .All food that earth brings forth or nourishes is Gods gift, and therefore good. It was merely when regarded as an actual sacrifice that any meat could be considered that of devils. This great truth, recognised in the Old Testament as well as in the New, is the reason of the previous statement that conscience need not come into the matter at all.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
26. The Lord’s This meat is like any thing else in the Lord’s earth made for man’s use so far as it is usable.
Fulness All with which the earth is filled. The passage is quoted from Psa 24:1. It was used by the Jews in their thanksgiving before meal. It probably formed part of the eucharistic blessing, and indicates that the meat so eaten was consistent with the sacramental communion.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Co 10:26. For the earth is the Lord’s, &c. For as God is the great Creator, Proprietor, and Disposer, sovereign Lord and Governor of the whole earth, and of all its fruits and products, (Psa 24:1.) so he has given them for the service of men; and all their rich variety, for necessity and chaste delight, are sanctified to the believer’s use; insomuch, that he may lawfully eat of them under the Gospel dispensation, which has abolished the ceremonial distinctions of them, that were of a typical nature under the law, (see 1Ti 4:4) and in which Christ, as Mediator, is Lord of all.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
1Co 10:26 supplies the religious ground for the injunction just given: . , expressed in the words of Psa 24:1 (comp Psa 50:12 ), which Paul here makes his own. If the earth and its fulness belong to God, how should it be necessary before using somewhat of them for food to institute an investigation on grounds of conscience, as if such gifts of God could be in themselves unholy, or involve sin in the use of them? Comp 1Ti 4:4 . For the rest, the passage affords another proof that the apostle had now in principle gone beyond the standpoint of the decree of Act 15 . Comp on 1Co 8:1 , remark.
As to , id, quo res impletur , see Fritzsche, a [1710] Rom. II. p. 469 ff. Calvin had already put the point well: “Terra enim, si arboribus, herbis, animalibus et aliis rebus careret, esset tanquam domus vacua .”
[1710] d refers to the note of the commentator or editor named on the particular passage.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
Ver. 26. For the earth is the Lord’s ] God, of his bounty, spreads a table for all; make no scruple therefore, eat freely.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
26. ] The principle on which such an eating ought to rest : that all is GOD’S, and for our use : and where no subjective scruple is cast in, all to be freely partaken of : see 1Ti 4:4 .
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
earth. App-129.
LORD’S. App-98.
fulness. Greek. pleroma. See Psa 21:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
26.] The principle on which such an eating ought to rest: that all is GODS, and for our use: and where no subjective scruple is cast in, all to be freely partaken of: see 1Ti 4:4.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
1Co 10:26. , of the Lord) not of idols. Psa 24:1, -The earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof. Psalms 50(49):12, -The world is mine and its fulness.-, fulness) including all kinds of meats.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
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for the earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof.-For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving. (1Ti 4:4). The intelligent Christian, then, may eat of it as the Lords.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
1Co 10:28, Exo 19:5, Deu 10:14, Job 41:11, Psa 24:1, Psa 50:12, 1Ti 6:17
Reciprocal: Gen 9:3 – even Exo 9:29 – that the earth Deu 23:24 – thou mayest Deu 33:16 – the earth Psa 89:11 – General Isa 34:1 – all that is therein Jer 8:16 – all that is in it Jer 47:2 – all that is therein Eze 12:19 – all that is therein Eze 30:12 – all that is therein
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Co 10:26. All articles that are suitable for food have been created by the Lord and no restrictions need be made as to their use. The law of Moses did make some regulations against certain creatures, but that was for the purpose of ceremonial training and not because of any literal unfitness in them. That law passed away and now “every creature of God is good” (1Ti 4:4).
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
1Co 10:26. for the earth is the Lords, and the fulness thereof (Psa 24:1)its contents, therefore, created for use, are free to all who gratefully own Him in it (1Ti 4:4-5).
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof. [Psa 24:1; Psa 50:12 . Meat sold in the public market might be bought and used by the Christian without stopping to make investigation or to consult his conscience, for when thus sold it was wholly disassociated from the rites of idolatrous sacrifice, and one so using it could not be suspected of doing so as an act of worship. Moreover, all meat was pure, since it had come from the Lord. Being part of the furniture of the earth, it was to be eaten without scruple– Rom 14:14; Rom 14:20; 1Ti 4:4-5; Act 10:15]
Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
26. For the earth is the Lords, and the fullness of the same. Hence you have a right to enjoy all the bounty of earth in harmony with hygiene and the diversified interests of Gods kingdom, of which you are a member for this world and all eternity. If any one of the unbelievers call you, and you wish to go, eat everything set before you, asking no questions for conscience sake. Hence we have broad liberties and we are not to bring our conscience in the matter as we are walking in the clear light of God. Hence, so far as we personally are concerned, our liberties are unbounded.
Fuente: William Godbey’s Commentary on the New Testament
10:26 For the earth [is] the Lord’s, and the {x} fulness thereof.
(x) All those things of which it is full.