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1 Corinthians 10:30

For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

KJV

εἰ ἐγὼ χάριτι μετέχω, τί βλασφημοῦμαι ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εὐχαριστῶ;

Greek NT

Si ego cum gratia participo, quid blasphemor pro eo quod gratias ago ?

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βλασφημέω
blasphemeo
verb · 34×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εὐχαριστέω
eucharisteo
verb · 38×
μετέχω
metecho
verb · 8×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 9:13 — As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterw
  • 1Tim 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
  • Acts 2:46 — And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
  • Acts 27:35 — And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
  • Mark 8:6 — And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
  • Rom 14:6 — He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that e
  • Rom 14:6 — He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that e