1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 OUR FATHERS. Most of the Corinthians were Gentiles, but Paul connects them with OT Israel. THE CLOUD... THE SEA refers to the Israelites God delivered from slavery in Egypt and led through the wilderness (Exodus 13:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElement... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:2 BAPTIZED INTO MOSES. Paul interprets the events surrounding the exodus as similar to being “baptized into Christ” (Romans 6:3; Galatians 3:27). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:3 SPIRITUAL FOOD... DRINK. Paul refers to God providing Israel with bread from heaven (“manna,” Exodus 16:1) and water from a rock. This rock appears at the beginning of their desert wanderings (Exodus 17:1) and near the end (Numbers 20:2). “Rock” is a common O... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:5 OVERTHROWN. They did not see the Promised Land. (See Numbers 14:22.) ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:6 AS EXAMPLES FOR US. See v. 1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 9:10; Romans 15:4. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:7 IDOLATERS. Paul begins to make the case that eating in the temple of a pagan god is not actually the “right” that the Corinthians imagined (1 Corinthians 8:9). It is participation in “the table of demons” (1 Corinthians 10:21) and idolatry. For a Christian to... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:8 SEXUAL IMMORALITY. See Numbers 25:1. TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND. Numbers 25:9 says “twenty-four thousand.” Both are approximations, which probably was all that either writer intended. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElements [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:9 CHRIST. Paul sees Christ as having been spiritually present with God’s people in OT times (see note on vv. 3–4; compare Numbers 21:5; Jude 1:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:10 GRUMBLE. See the grumbling and divine judgment in Numbers 11:1; Numbers 14:1; Numbers 16:11. THE DESTROYER. Paul apparently views this angel who executed God’s judgment during the exodus as the destroying agent in these instances also (Exodus 12:23;... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:11 See v. 1 Corinthians 10:6; 1 Corinthians 9:10; Romans 15:4. The OT Scriptures point toward THE END OF THE AGES, the time in which the Corinthian Christians are living. Compare 1 Peter 1:10. EXAMPLE. On the examples (“types”) in the OT, see Overview of the Bi... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12 THINKS THAT HE STANDS. Perhaps a reference to the Corinthians’ mistaken belief that they have the right to eat in an idol’s temple (1 Corinthians 8:9). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND YOUR ABILITY... WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE WAY OF ESCAPE. In every situation, God empowers Christians to make choices that honor him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:16 CUP OF BLESSING... WE BLESS. See 1 Corinthians 11:23 and notes. Paul refers to the cup in the Lord’s Supper. Jesus gave thanks for the cup (Matthew 26:27; Mark 14:23; Luke 22:17). The earliest Christian observances of the Lord’s Supper imitated this custom.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:17 ONE BREAD... ONE BODY. After Jesus gave thanks for and broke the bread, he said, “This is my body which is for you” (1 Corinthians 11:24). The church is also Christ’s body (see also 1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 1:22;... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:18 PARTICIPANTS. See note on v. 16. The altar in the OT was a table on which food was sacrificed to God. Priests ate from the offerings (see Leviticus 6:17; Leviticus 7:32). The altar is like “the table of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 10:21). In both instances the... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:19 False religions are not just created by humans. They generally have demonic power behind them (see Deuteronomy 32:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:22 See note on Ex. 20:5–6 for God’s JEALOUSY. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:23 Paul now addresses the issue of meat previously sacrificed to idols being eaten in private homes. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:27 WITHOUT RAISING ANY QUESTION. The Christian is not to ask if the food being served had ever been involved in pagan rituals. Such questions are theologically unnecessary (vv. 1 Corinthians 10:25). Also, they could be seen as rude, which ignores the principle... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:28 SOMEONE SAYS. This person may be: (1) an unbeliever who thinks that Christians must not eat such food and is informing the Christian where it came from; or (2) a “weak” believer whose conscience wrongly demands that Christians should avoid such food (1 Corin... [ Continue Reading ]