1 Corinthians 10:7 (WEB)
Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
Catechism · 1
“Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11.
Fathers and councils · 9
Tertullian
“And when the gold out of the necklaces of the women and the rings of the men had been wholly smelted by fire, and there had come forth a calf-like head, to this figment Israel with one consent (abandoning God) gave honour, saying, “These are the gods who brought us from the land of Egypt.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxii. 4: comp. Acts vii. 38–41; 1 Cor. x. 7; Ps. cvi. 19–22.
Read the whole comment““The people did eat and drink, and they arose to play.”” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. x. 7 with Ex. xxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“Hence also, every artificer of an idol is guilty of one and the same crime, unless, the People which consecrated for itself the likeness of a calf, and not of a man, fell short of incurring the guilt of idolatry.” — editor's note: See Ex. xxxii.; and compare 1 Cor. x. 7, where the latter part of Ex. xxxii. 6 is quoted.
Read the whole comment“Should I now commit the same sins as the people, shall I have to suffer the same penalties, or not?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 7–10.
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John Chrysostom
““The people,” it is said, “sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 7; Exod. xxxii. 6.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For “the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…the bondage in which they in Egypt were oppressed, and of the punishment which avenged their sin on their journey, that these things befell them in a figure: what actions wilt thou find, from which thou mayest set aside that rule, and take upon thee to affirm that they are not to be reduced to some figure?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–11
Read the whole comment“But they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world have come.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–11. (See R.R.)
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Clement of Alexandria
““Having feasted to the full,” accordingly, it is said, “they rose up to play;” senseless repletion with victuals being called χόρτασμα (fodder), not βρῶμα (food).” — editor's note: Ex. xxxii. 6; 1 Cor. x. 7.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together with
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Quotes
1 Corinthians 10:7 takes up the words of Exodus 32:6 (13 words in common).
