1 Corinthians 10:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 10:12

Paul concluded with a word of warning to those who felt too confident that they were all right with God (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6). The "strong" who felt free to participate in pagan feasts seem to be those he had in mind. Self-confidence could lead to a spiritual fall, as it had so often in Israel’s history. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

(b) Food offered to Idols(iii) Historical Illustrations and Practical AdviceSt. Paul has been speaking of the need of earnestness and self-discipline, and the danger of failure; he now holds out the fate of the Israelites as a warning against self-confidence. The Corinthians were tempted to the very same sins for which Israel suffered.All of the Israelites received great blessings from God, types of the sacramental privileges Christians enjoy, yet most of them perished in the wilderness because... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 10:12

(12) Wherefore.—This is the practical conclusion of the whole matter. We are to look back on that strange record of splendid privilege and of terrible fall and learn from it the solemn lesson of self-distrust. Led forth by divinely appointed leaders, overshadowed by the Divine Presence, supported by divinely given food and drink, the vast hosts of Israel had passed from the bondage of Egypt into the glorious liberty of children of the living God; yet amid all those who seemed to stand so secure... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

1 Corinthians 10:2 'They were all baptised in the cloud and in the sea'; this is the register of all Christ's chosen ones.... It needs but a little consideration to perceive that devotion, self-sacrifice, all the higher moods and energies, even of natural feeling, are only possible to seasons of adversity. Dora Greenwell, in The Patience of Hope, p. 19 f. Biblical Rocks 1 Corinthians 10:4 The people who are referred to in this argument of the Apostle's in the tenth chapter of First... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

Chapter 15FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONSIN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. And partly to encourage the Christians of Corinth to consider their weak and prejudiced brethren, partly for other reasons, he reminds them how he himself abridged his liberty and departed from his just claims in order that the Gospel he preached might find readier acceptance. Besides, not only for the sake... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

7. Warnings and Exhortations CHAPTER 10 1. Warnings from Israel’s past history. (1 Corinthians 10:4-7 ). 2. Exhortations. (1 Corinthians 10:15-33 ). The same subject is continued with this chapter. The concluding paragraph of the previous chapter is illustrated from Israel’s history, as the professing people of God. What happened unto them has a typical meaning for us. “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples (types), and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:12

10:12 {4} Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.(4) In conclusion he descends to the Corinthians themselves, warning them that they do not please themselves, but rather that they prevent the wiles of Satan. Yet he uses an declaration and comforts them, that he may not seem to make them altogether similar to those wicked idolaters and condemners of Christ, who perished in the wilderness. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place of Christian will be subjected to a similar test. And the early history of Israel is appealed to as an example of this. All the children of Israel had the benefit of the protecting cloud in leaving Egypt. All of them passed through the Red Sea, "and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AND ITS ABUSE The Christian church was composed largely of Gentiles, who, when they were pagans, worshipped idols, with animal sacrifices and feasts in the idols’ temples. Having become Christians, their practices were discontinued, though pagan neighbors might occasionally invite them, in a social way, to join in such feasts. The question had arisen as to their Christian liberty to accept such invitations. A “liberal” party in the church not only favored it, but indeed... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-12

(1) Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (2) And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; (3) And did all eat the same spiritual meat; (4) And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. (5) But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. (6) Now these... read more

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