Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:6-13
6-13. Thus far the apostle has typically endowed the Old Church with the sacraments, from Christ, of the New; he will now warn the New to beware of the typical sins, apostasies, and deaths, of the Old. Here note, 1. The sins specified by Paul are, first, that general lust from which proceed 1) idolatry, 2) fornication, 3) presumption, 4) murmurs. 2. This enumeration of sins is rightly interpreted as those peculiarly besetting the Church at Corinth. 3. They are to be interpreted as sins... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
CONTINUANCE OF RESPONSE TOUCHING PAUL’S GENUINE APOSTOLICITY, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13. The picture of the Grecian games closing the last chapter, (1 Corinthians 10:24-27,) and this picture of the wilderness history of Israel, (1 Corinthians 10:1-13,) are beautiful counterparts of each other. The former (applied by Paul specially to himself) draws from Grecian life, and the latter (which includes the Corinthians with himself) from Hebrew memories, a vivid illustration of the Christian life. The... read more