Passage
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 10:22 (DBY)
Nearby Context
1 Corinthians 10:20 But that what [the nations] sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.
1 Corinthians 10:21 Ye cannot drink [the] Lord's cup, and [the] cup of demons: ye cannot partake of [the] Lord's table, and of [the] table of demons.
1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.
1 Corinthians 10:24 Let no one seek his own [advantage], but that of the other.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "provoke", "lord", "jealousy", "stronger", and "than". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "provoke" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup and..." into verse 23's "All things are lawful but all are...", so "provoke" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "provoke" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.