1 Corinthians 10:27 (DRB)

Passage

If any of them that believe not, invite you, and you be willing to go: eat of any thing that is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat: asking no question for conscience' sake.

1 Corinthians 10:26 The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof.

1 Corinthians 10:27 If any of them that believe not, invite you, and you be willing to go: eat of any thing that is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.

1 Corinthians 10:28 But if any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols: do not eat of it, for his sake that told it and for conscience' sake.

1 Corinthians 10:29 Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "believe", "invite", "willing", "before", "asking", "question", "conscience'", and "sake". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "believe" and "invite", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "The earth is the Lord's and the..." into verse 28's "But if any man say This has...", so "believe" and "invite" 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 "believe" and "invite" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.