1 Corinthians 10:30 (DRB)

Passage

If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

Nearby Context

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?

1 Corinthians 10:30 If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

1 Corinthians 10:31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:32 Be without offence to the Jew, and to the Gentiles and to the church of God:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "partake", "thanksgiving", "evil", "spoken", and "give". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "partake" and "thanksgiving", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "Conscience I say not thy own but..." into verse 31's "Therefore whether you eat or drink or...", so "partake" and "thanksgiving" 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 "partake" and "thanksgiving" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.