20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
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And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, …
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. …
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)In this passage the apostle urges the general caution against idolatry, in the particular case of eating the heathen sacrifices as such, and out of any religious respect to the idol to whom they were sacrificed. I. He prefaces his argument with an appeal to their own reason and judgment: “ I speak to wise men, judge you what I say , 1 Cor. 10:15. You are great pretenders to wisdom, to close reason…
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