1 Corinthians 10:31

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“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.”

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"Whether you eat or drink, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." Paul makes ordinary life — even meals — a sphere of worship.

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“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.”

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“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

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“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

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“Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 10:31 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  3. Deuteronomy 12:18Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
  4. Nehemiah 8:16And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
  5. Zechariah 7:5“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  6. Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
  7. 1 Corinthians 7:34and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  8. Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
  9. Colossians 3:23Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
  10. 1 Peter 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

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