1 Corinthians 10:30 (YLT)

Passage

and if I thankfully do partake, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 10:28 and if any one may say to you, `This is a thing sacrificed to an idol,' --do not eat, because of that one who shewed <FI>it<Fi> , and of the conscience, for the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness:

1 Corinthians 10:29 and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why <FI>is it<Fi> that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?

1 Corinthians 10:30 and if I thankfully do partake, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?

1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

1 Corinthians 10:32 become offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "and conscience I say not of thyself..." into verse 31's "Whether then ye eat or drink or...", so "thankfully" and "partake" 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 "thankfully" and "partake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.