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New King James Version

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Reasoning;   The Topic Concordance - Meat;   Partaking;   Sacrifice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Food;   Idol, idolatry;   Judgment;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Cup;   Lord's Supper;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Commandment;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Idolatry;   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Lord's Supper. (I.);   Lust;   Sacrifice;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rock;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostle;   Communion;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 15;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
You are intelligent people. Judge for yourselves the truth of what I say now.
Revised Standard Version
I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I speake as vnto them which have discrecion Iudge ye what I saye.
Hebrew Names Version
I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
International Standard Version
I am talking to sensible people. Decide for yourselves what I am saying.1 Corinthians 8:1;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say.
New Century Version
I am speaking to you as to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
Update Bible Version
I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.
Webster's Bible Translation
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
English Standard Version
I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
World English Bible
I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?
Weymouth's New Testament
I speak as to men of sense: judge for yourselves of what I say.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
As to prudent men Y speke, deme ye you silf that thing that Y seie.
English Revised Version
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Berean Standard Bible
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
Contemporary English Version
I am speaking to you as people who have enough sense to know what I am talking about.
Amplified Bible
I am speaking as to wise and sensible people; judge [carefully and thoughtfully consider] for yourselves what I say.
American Standard Version
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Bible in Basic English
What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.
Complete Jewish Bible
I speak to you as sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am saying.
Darby Translation
I speak as to intelligent [persons]: do *ye* judge what I say.
Etheridge Translation
As to the wise I speak; judge what I say.
Murdock Translation
I speak as to the wise; judge ye what I say.
King James Version (1611)
I speake as to wise men: iudge ye what I say.
New Living Translation
You are reasonable people. Decide for yourselves if what I am saying is true.
New Life Bible
I am speaking to you who are able to understand. See if what I am saying is true.
New Revised Standard
I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I speake as vnto them which haue vnderstanding: iugde ye what I say.
George Lamsa Translation
I speak as to wise men: you are able to judge what I say.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As, to prudent men, I speak, - judge, ye, what I say: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
I speak as to wise men: judge ye yourselves what I say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I speake as vnto them which haue discretion, iudge ye what I say.
Good News Translation
I speak to you as sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
Christian Standard Bible®
I am speaking as to sensible people. Judge for yourselves what I am saying.
King James Version
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Lexham English Bible
I am speaking as to sensible people; you judge what I am saying.
Literal Translation
I speak as to prudent ones; you judge what I say.
Young's Literal Translation
as to wise men I speak -- judge ye what I say:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I speake vnto them which haue discrecio, iudge ye what I saye.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I speak as to knowing men: be you your selves the judges of what I say.
THE MESSAGE
I assume I'm addressing believers now who are mature. Draw your own conclusions: When we drink the cup of blessing, aren't we taking into ourselves the blood, the very life, of Christ? And isn't it the same with the loaf of bread we break and eat? Don't we take into ourselves the body, the very life, of Christ? Because there is one loaf, our many-ness becomes one-ness—Christ doesn't become fragmented in us. Rather, we become unified in him. We don't reduce Christ to what we are; he raises us to what he is. That's basically what happened even in old Israel—those who ate the sacrifices offered on God's altar entered into God's action at the altar.
New English Translation
I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm not talking to a bunch of dummies. Y'all know what I am saying is true.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.
Legacy Standard Bible
I speak as to prudent people. You judge what I say.

Contextual Overview

15 I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread. 18 Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons. 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 6:5, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 11:13, 1 Corinthians 14:20, Job 34:2, Job 34:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:21

Reciprocal: Job 12:11 - Doth Job 34:34 - understanding Proverbs 1:5 - wise Matthew 18:12 - How Matthew 21:28 - what Acts 4:19 - judge 2 Corinthians 11:19 - seeing

Cross-References

Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, 1 Chronicles 1:6">[fn] and Togarmah.
Genesis 10:8
Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Genesis 10:15
Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;
Genesis 10:18
the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.
Genesis 10:20
These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
Genesis 10:21
And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Genesis 10:24
Arphaxad begot Salah, Luke 3:35-36).">[fn] and Salah begot Eber.
Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 49:13
"Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, And his border shall adjoin Sidon.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I speak as to wise men,.... That is, what he was now going to say concerning the Lord's supper, and the communion which believers have with Christ in it, which they as Christians must have knowledge of; and concerning the participation of the altar the Israelites had, who ate of the sacrifices of it, which many of them, being Jews, as such must know; and therefore being fully persuaded of the propriety and pertinency of the instances he was about to produce, and of the justness of his reasoning upon them, he appeals to the Corinthians, as men of wisdom and understanding in these things, and makes them themselves judges thereof:

judge what I say; consider and weigh the matter well, and you will discern and judge that what I say is proper and pertinent, just and right.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I speak as to wise men ... - I speak to people qualified to understand the subject; and present reasons which will commend themselves to you. The reasons referred to are those which occupy the remainder of the chapter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 10:15. I speak as to wise men — The Corinthians valued themselves not a little on their wisdom and various gifts; the apostle admits this, and draws an argument from it against themselves. As ye are so wise, surely ye can see the propriety of abominating idolatry of every kind: for an idol is nothing in the world, and can do nothing for you and nothing against you.


 
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