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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

1 Corinthians 10:26 → Psalm 24:1

Quotation

Later text

1 Corinthians 10:26BSB

for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

Earlier text

Psalm 24:1BSB

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:46

Significance

Psalm 24:1 celebrates Yahweh's ownership of creation. Paul applies this to resolve the meat-offered-to-idols controversy: since God owns everything, food has no intrinsic spiritual taint from pagan rituals. Idols are "nothing" (8:4), so food offered to them remains God's good creation. This hermeneutical move shows Paul's creation theology: God's original blessing remains despite pagan misuse. However, Paul immediately balances this with love: though all food is clean, eating should be governed by concern for weaker believers' consciences (10:27-29). The quotation establishes theological freedom grounded in creation, which love then voluntarily limits for the sake of community.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Analogy