KJV King James Version
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
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1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
WEB World English Bible
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
ASV American Standard Version
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 10
28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man’s] conscience?
30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
33 Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
εἴτεG1535 · eitewhetherοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἐσθίετεG2068 · esthiōto eatεἴτεG1535 · eitewhetherπίνετεG4095 · pinōto drinkεἴτεG1535 · eitewhetherτιG5100 · tisoneποιεῖτε,G4160 · poieōto do/make: doπάνταG3956 · pasallεἰςG1519 · eistowardδόξανG1391 · doxagloryθεοῦG2316 · theosGodποιεῖτε.G4160 · poieōto do/make: do
Cross-references
Colossians 3:17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;1 Peter 4:11If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.Deuteronomy 12:18But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.Zechariah 7:5-6Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?Deuteronomy 12:12And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.Luke 11:41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.Nehemiah 8:16-18So the people went forth, and brought [them], and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.1 Corinthians 7:34There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.
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