1 Corinthians 10:1-12 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-5

In order to dissuade the Corinthians from communion with idolaters, and security in any sinful course, he sets before them the example of the Jews, the church under the Old Testament. They enjoyed great privileges, but, having been guilty of heinous provocations, they fell under very grievous punishments. In these verses he reckons up their privileges, which, in the main, were the same with ours. I. He prefaces this discourse with a note of regard: ?Moreover, brethren, I would not that you... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:6-14

The apostle, having recited their privileges, proceeds here to an account of their faults and punishments, their sins and plagues, which are left upon record for an example to us, a warning against the like sins, if we would escape the like punishments. We must not do as they did, lest we suffer as they suffered. I. Several of their sins are specified as cautions to us; as, 1. We should shun inordinate desires after carnal objects: Not lust after evil things, as they lusted, 1 Cor. 10:6. God... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

10:1-13 Brothers, I do not want you to forget that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all of them passed through the midst of the sea, and all of them were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same food which the Spirit of God gave to them; and all drank the same drink which came to them by the action of the Spirit; for they drank of the rock which accompanied them through the action of the Spirit, and that rock was Christ. All the same, with the majority of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant ,.... The apostle having suggested his own fears and jealousies, lest, notwithstanding all his gifts and grace, he should be left to do anything that might be a means of laying him aside, and rendering him useless in his ministerial work; and which he hints for the use of these Corinthians, who boasted of their knowledge, and made an imprudent use of their Christian liberty, to the hurt of weak minds; he proceeds to lay before them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:2

And were all baptized unto Moses ,.... "In or by Moses"; and so the Syriac version renders it, ביד מושא , "by the hand of Moses"; by his means and direction, he going before, they followed after him into the sea, and passed through on dry land, and came out on the shore, which carried in it a resemblance of baptism; when they believed the Lord, and his servant Moses, Exodus 14:31 and gave up themselves to him as their leader and commander through the wilderness: and this their baptism... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:3

And did all eat the same spiritual meat. Meaning the manna; and which the Jews also call F8 Yade Mose in Shemot Rabba, fol. 109. 3. מאכל רוחני , "spiritual food", as also their sacrifices, F9 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 93. 2. לחם רוחני , "spiritual bread": not that the manna was so in own nature; it was corporeal food, and served for the nourishment of the body; but either because it was prepared by angels, who are ministering spirits, at the command of God, and hence called... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:4

And did all drink the same spiritual drink ,.... By which is meant the water out of the rock, which was typical of the blood of Christ, which is drink indeed, and not figurative, as this was, for which reason it is called spiritual; or of the grace of Christ, often signified by water, both in the Old and New Testament; and is what Moses and the law could not give; for righteousness and life, grace and salvation, could never be had by the works of the law: and very unpromising it was, and is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:5

But with many of them God was not well pleased ,.... As he is with none but those that are in Christ; and with none of the services of men, but what are done in faith, which become acceptable to him through Jesus Christ; for in him only persons and services are accepted with God; and this was the way of acceptance in the Old, as in the New Testament dispensation: how many of the Jewish fathers God was not well pleased with, or took no delight in, but hated and abhorred, which is the sense of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were our examples ,.... Or "types"; that is, these punishments which were inflicted on these persons for their sins, were designed as instructions for others to avoid the like sins, that they may escape the same punishment; just as the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, being condemned with an overthrow, as these men were, were made ensamples to all that should hereafter live such vicious lives and conversations; and in a very lively manner, as in a type or print, these exhibited... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:7

Neither be ye idolaters ,.... To which they seemed inclined to be, at least there was great danger that such they would be, by carrying their liberty to such a pitch, as to sit in an idol's temple, and there eat things sacrificed unto them; and which the apostle cautions against, and uses arguments to dissuade them from in the following part of this chapter: as were some of them, as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play : referring to Exodus 32:6 when... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:6-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:7

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