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George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:6

In a figure of us. That is, this was done and written to teach us, what we may expect, if we imitate the murmurs, infidelities, ingratitude, and disobedience of the Hebrew people. Unless we renounce our irregular desires, unless we mortify our passions, baptism and communion will prove our greater condemnation. The greatest graces are but subjects of alarm, unless our life correspond with them. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:6-14

6-14 Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence, therefore should be checked in their first rise. Let us fear the sins of Israel, if we would shun their plagues. And it is but just to fear, that such as tempt Christ, will be left by him in the power of the old serpent. Murmuring against God's disposals and commands, greatly provokes him. Nothing in Scripture is written in vain; and it is our wisdom and duty to learn from it. Others have fallen, and so may we. The Christian's security against... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-99

1Co 10 OUTWARD PRIVILEGES AND rites also guarantee nothing, as is witnessed by the history of Israel, summarized in the opening verses of chapter 10. They had things that answered to baptism and the supper of the Lord, and yet they were overthrown and destroyed. And in all this they were “ensamples,” or “types,” for us. In their passage of the Sea we have a type of baptism. At that point they definitely committed themselves to the authority and leadership of Moses; just as in Christian... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Corinthians 10:6-10

Warning against the corruption of idolatry and related sins: v. 6. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. v. 7. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. v. 8. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. v. 9. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

See 1 Corinthians 9:23 ff for the passage quote with footnotes.1 Corinthians 10:1-5. The illustration derived from Grecian life is followed up by one taken from Jewish history. The thought set forth and established is the same just considered, viz., the, necessity of earnest self-denial for a participation in the Gospel salvation. Having expressed his own anxiety lest, with all his labors for others, he himself should fail of approval, he proceeds to substantiate his apprehension by referring... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-10

Learn from Bible History 1 Corinthians 10:1-10 Twice over we are told that the story of the Exodus was intended for our instruction, 1 Corinthians 10:6 ; 1 Corinthians 10:11 . It becomes us, therefore, to study the account with the honest intention to obtain all the warning and suggestion that it is capable of yielding. The great lesson is human failure under the most promising circumstances. Here were people who had been brought out of the most terrible hardships and perils, who were under... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-33

A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that there is no necessity for such falling, because the very temptations that come to man are under the divine control, and are limited to the capacity of the tempted, while out of them God always makes a way of escape. Carefully connect the opening injunction here with the closing declaration of the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-14

Types and Analogies 1 Corinthians 10:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By the way of introduction to this study upon "types and analogies," we wish to suggest several things, based upon the following statement, contained in 1 Corinthians 10:11 : "Now all these things are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." 1. The value of the Old Testament Scriptures to those who live today. A great many people seem to imagine that the New Testament alone is valuable for present-day... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:6

'Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.' So these things were examples for us, given as a lesson so as to prevent us from doing the same, that is, preventing us from setting our minds on evil things, idolatry, fornication, trying God and murmuring. 'These things' (compare 1 Corinthians 10:11) looks ahead to the verses that follow, for what came earlier would not have been examples that prevented the desire for evil things in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

1 Corinthians 10:1-1 Chronicles : . From this exposition of his own willingness to waive his rights for the sake of others, closing with the solemn warning that the goal might be missed after all, Paul returns to his main theme, the meats offered to idols. He does not handle it directly in 1 Corinthians 10:1-1 Chronicles : but it is clearly in his mind. He begins by recalling the case of the Hebrews in the wilderness ( Hebrews 3:7 to Hebrews 4:13), pointing the warning he draws from it by... read more

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