1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Note d'étude
Study Note
The rhetorical challenge 'Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?' concludes Paul's argument that participation in idol feasts is incompatible with participation in the Lord's Supper. The jealousy language draws directly on Deuteronomy 32:21 ('they have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God'), which Paul has cited in verse 20-22 as the scriptural warrant for treating idol-worship as demonic. The divine jealousy is not petulance but the passionate covenant-fidelity of a God who refuses to share his people's devotion with non-entities — a point made equally forcibly in Exodus 20:5 and Hosea 2. The warning 'are we stronger than he?' implies that attempting to unite Christ and Belial is not merely spiritually compromised but cosmically presumptuous — an act of hubris against divine authority.
Autres traductions
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?
Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
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