1 Corinthians 10:27 (WEB)
But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.
Fathers and councils · 5
John Chrysostom
“But not so with respect to the heathen: but “If any of them that believe not,” meaning the heathen, “bid you and ye be disposed to go, whatsoever is set before you eat.” ( 1 Cor. x. 27.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And again, when sending them out, He said not, “Fast,” but, “Eat of all that is set before you.”” — editor's note: Luke x. 7, 8; compare 1 Cor. x. 27. [The two passages are combined.—R.]
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Tertullian
“If it is on account of the sacrifice that I be invited, and stand by, I shall be partaker of idolatry; if any other cause conjoins me to the sacrificer, I shall be merely a spectator of the sacrifice.” — editor's note: [1 Cor. viii. The law of the inspired apostle seems as rigorous here and in 1 Cor. x. 27–29.]
Read the whole comment“A great argument for another god is the permission to eat of all kinds of meats, contrary to the law.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 25–27.
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Clement of Alexandria
““And if one of the unbelievers call us to a feast, and we determine to go” (for it is a good thing not to mix with the dissolute), the apostle bids us “eat what is set before us, asking no questions for conscience sake.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 27.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 16.