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People's Commentary (NT)
1 Corinthians 10:1
Warnings Against Idolatry
SUMMARY OF I CORINTHIANS 10: Lights from Jewish History. Beware of a
Fall. Will Not Be Trials Greater Than We Can Stand. Beware of the
Fellowship of Idols. The Analogy of the Lord's Supper. As No
Questions at a Feast for Conscience Sake. But Avoid Anything Pointed
Out As from an Idol Sacrifice.
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant. In the
preceding chapter Paul warned the Corinthian Christians to avoid all
that might cause weaker brethren to fall, pointed to his own example,
and showed that he spared no effort to win the crown for himself. He
now enforces the lesson of his own example by pointing to the warnings
furnished in the journey of Israel from Egypt to Canaan, the type of
the Christian's journey to heaven. Schaff says:
``It is worthy of note that he selects his examples from that
part of Israelitish history which has an analogy in the
baptismal commencement, and the eucharistic nourishment of
the Christian life.'
How that all our fathers. The ancient members of the Jewish race;
the fleshly fathers of Jewish Christians, and, in a kind of spiritual
sense, the fathers of Gentile Christians. See Galatians 3:29 Eph 2:19.
Were all under the cloud. With the walls of the sea on each
side, and the cloud over their heads, the Israelites at the Red Sea
passage were buried out of sight of the Egyptians. See Exodus 13:21
Numbers 10:34 14:13 Ps 105:39.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Corinthians 10:1
Hebrews 11:29
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