 | So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. |
 | Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. |
 | Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:31 |
Commentary
The purpose of using our liberty carefully and selflessly is to glorify God. The idea of eating and drinking is in the context of things offered to idols, but is not limited to that. Paul is saying that even in the most mundane, routine, nonspiritual things of life, like ordinary eating and drinking, God is to be glorified. His glory is to be our life commitment. It is the purpose of our whole life, which now belongs to the Lord because we have been "bought with a price" (1 Cor. 7:23). Not only when we eat or drink but in whatever [we] do we should do all to the glory of God.
The purpose of using our liberty carefully and selflessly is to glorify God. The idea of eating and drinking is in the context of things offered to idols, but is not limited to that. Paul is saying that even in the most mundane, routine, nonspiritual things of life, like ordinary eating and drinking, God is to be glorified. His glory is to be our life commitment. It is the purpose of our whole life, which now belongs to the Lord because we have been "bought with a price" (1 Cor. 7:23). Not only when we eat or drink but in whatever [we] do we should do all to the glory of God.
MacArthur, J. (1996, c1984). 1 Corinthians. Includes
indexes. (248). Chicago: Moody Press.
indexes. (248). Chicago: Moody Press.