1 Corinthians 10:8-10 NIV

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 10:8

Neither let us commit fornication ,.... To which the Corinthians were much addicted: hence the apostle elsewhere, in this epistle, makes use of arguments, to dissuade from it, as he does here, they judging it to be no evil: as some of them committed ; i.e. fornication; as they did at Shittim, with the daughters of Moab, Numbers 25:1 which was a stratagem of Balaam's, and the advice he gave to Balak king of Moab, to draw them into that sin, which made way for their commission of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt Christ ,.... As all such persons do, who, presuming on the power and grace of Christ to keep them, or upon what they have received from him, unnecessarily expose themselves to snares and temptations, and so to danger; and as many of the Corinthians did, who are here chiefly respected, who trusting to their gifts and attainments, their knowledge and Christian liberty, would go into an idol's temple, sit down at meat there, and exposed themselves great and imminent danger;... read more

John Gill

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

Neither murmur ye ,.... Against the true apostles of Christ, and faithful ministers of the word; nor against the laws and ordinances of Christ, or providences of God; so some of the members of this church did, or were inclined to do: as some of them also murmured : as against the Lord, so against Moses and Aaron. The people of Israel were very prone unto, and often guilty of this sin; but what the apostle here has respect unto, is either their murmuring upon the report the spies made of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:8

Fell in one day three and twenty thousand - In Numbers 25:9 , the number is 24,000; and, allowing this to be the genuine reading, (and none of the Hebrew MSS. exhibit any various reading in the place), Moses and the apostle may be thus reconciled: in Numbers 25:4 , God commands Moses to take all the heads (the rulers) of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun; these possibly amounted to 1000, and those who fell by the plague were 23,000, so that the whole amounted... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt Christ - I have already supposed, in the note on 1 Corinthians 10:4 ; (note), that Christ is intended by the spiritual rock that followed them: and that it was he, not the rock, that did follow or accompany the Israelites in the wilderness. This was the angel of God's presence who was with the Church in the wilderness, to whom our fathers would not obey, as St. Stephen says, Acts 7:38 , Acts 7:39 . Instead of Χριστον , Christ, several MSS. and a few versions have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:10

Neither murmur ye - How the Israelites murmured because of the manna, which their souls despised as a light bread - something incapable of affording them nourishment, etc., and because they had been brought out of Egypt into the wilderness, and pretended that the promises of God had failed; and how they were destroyed by serpents, and by the destroyer or plague; may be seen at large in the texts referred to in the margin on this and the preceding verses. It appears from what the apostle says... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:8

Verse 8 8.Neither let us commit fornication Now he speaks of fornication, in respect of which, as appears from historical accounts, great licentiousness prevailed among the Corinthians, and we may readily infer from what goes before, that those who had professed themselves to be Christ’s were not yet altogether free from this vice. The punishment of this vice, also, ought to alarm us, and lead us to bear in mind, how loathsome impure lusts are to God, for there perished in one day twenty-three... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:9

Verse 9 9.Neither let us tempt Christ This part of the exhortation refers to the history that is recorded in Numbers 21:6. For the people, having become weary of the length of time, began to complain of their condition, and to expostulate with God — “Why has God deceived us,” etc. This murmuring of the people Paul speaks of as a tempting; and not without good reason, for tempting is opposed to patience. What reason was there at that time why the people should rise up against God, except this —... read more

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 10:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 10:9

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:9

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