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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:12

Wherefore = So then. take heed = look to it. Greek. blepo . App-133 . lest . App-105 . This has passed into a proverb. Figure of speech Paroemia . App-6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath, &c . Literally Temptation hath not (Greek. ou) . but = except. Greek. ei me . such, &c . = a human (one). Greek. anthropinos. See 1 Corinthians 2:4 . faithful . Greek. pistos. App-150 and App-175 :4. Compare 1 Corinthians 1:9 . 1 Peter 4:19 . 1 John 1:9 . above . App-104 . also make, &c . = make a way to escape also. a way to escape . Greek. ekbasis = a way out. Only here and Hebrews 13:7 . bear = endure. Greek. hupophero. Only here, 2Ti 3:11 . 1 Peter 2:13... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:11

Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.Now these things happened ... This is a bold testimony to the Old Testament record, which contains not legends, myths or traditions, but what "happened."By way of example ... This same thought was expressed in 1 Corinthians 10:6; and under 1 Corinthians 10:4 is given a list of analogies in the great allegory of fleshly Israel, the type of spiritual Israel.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:12

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.Whether taken alone or in context, this verse may not be referred to anything else other than to the danger of apostasy, which is an ever-present POSSIBILITY for all of the saved in Christ as long as they are under the probation of earthly existence. We shall not take occasion here to demonstrate the lengths to which scholars have gone in their vain efforts to edit such a thought out of it. Unless there is a real and present... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.No temptation ... but such as man can bear ... The notion of temptations being irresistible was not allowed by Paul. "Any temptation that comes to us is not unique! others have endured it, and others have come through it."[21]God ... The agency of God himself is... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:11

1 Corinthians 10:11. Now all these things happened, &c.— It is to be observed, that all these instancesmentionedbytheApostle, of the destruction which came upon the Israelites, who were in covenant with God, and partakers of those typical sacraments, were occasioned by their luxurious appetites about meat and drink, and by fornication and idolatry; sins to which the Corinthians had a great propensity, and against which he therefore the more carefully guards them. Τελη αιωνων, rendered the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:13

1 Corinthians 10:13. Common to man, &c.— 'Ανθωπινος,— which may signify, proportionable to human strength, as well as frequent to human creatures. God encourages his people to hope for his presence and help in pressing danger. See ch. 1 Corinthians 1:9. Doddridge and Mintert. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:11

11. Now . . . these things . . . ensamples—resuming the thread of :-. The oldest manuscripts read, "by way of example." the ends of the world—literally, "of the ages"; the New Testament dispensation in its successive phases (plural, "ends") being the winding up of all former "ages." No new dispensation shall appear till Christ comes as Avenger and Judge; till then the "ends," being many, include various successive periods (compare :-). As we live in the last dispensation, which is the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:12

12. thinketh he standeth—stands and thinks that he stands [BENGEL]; that is, stands "by faith . . . well pleasing" to God; in contrast to 1 Corinthians 10:5, "with many of them God was not well pleased" (1 Corinthians 10:5- :). fall—from his place in the Church of God (compare 1 Corinthians 10:5- :, "fell"). Both temporally and spiritually (1 Corinthians 10:5- :). Our security, so far as relates to God, consists in faith; so far as relates to ourselves, it consists in fear. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:13

13. Consolation to them, under their temptation; it is none but such as is "common to man," or "such as man can bear," "adapted to man's powers of endurance" [WAHL]. faithful— (Psalms 125:3; Isaiah 27:3; Isaiah 27:8; Revelation 3:10). "God is faithful" to the covenant which He made with you in calling you (Revelation 3:10- :). To be led into temptation is distinct from running into it, which would be "tempting God" (1 Corinthians 10:9; Matthew 4:7). way to escape— (Jeremiah 29:11; 2 Peter 2:9).... read more

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