1Cor 10:7 | RWP | e4.org | Neither be ye idolaters ( μηδε ειδωλολατρα γινεσθε ). Literally, stop becoming idolaters, implying that some of them had already begun to be. The word ειδωλολατρης seems to be a Christian formation to describe the Christian view. Eating τα ειδωλοθυτα might become a stepping-stone to idolatry in some instances. Drink ( πειν ). Short form for πιειν , sometimes even πιν occurs (Robertson, Grammar , p. 204). To play ( παιζειν ). This old verb to play like a child occurs nowhere else in the N.T., but is common in the LXX and it is quoted here from . In idolatrous festivals like that witnessed by Moses when he saw the people singing and dancing around the golden calf ( .).

‏ 1 Corinthians 10:7

Neither be ye idolaters ( μηδε ειδωλολατρα γινεσθε ). Literally, stop becoming idolaters, implying that some of them had already begun to be. The word ειδωλολατρης seems to be a Christian formation to describe the Christian view. Eating τα ειδωλοθυτα might become a stepping-stone to idolatry in some instances.

Drink ( πειν ). Short form for πιειν, sometimes even πιν occurs (Robertson, Grammar, p. 204).

To play ( παιζειν ). This old verb to play like a child occurs nowhere else in the N.T., but is common in the LXX and it is quoted here from Ex 32:6. In idolatrous festivals like that witnessed by Moses when he saw the people singing and dancing around the golden calf (Ex 32:18f.).