Let us tempt Christ [ε κ π ε ι ρ α ζ ω μ ε ν τ ο ν χ ρ ι σ τ ο ν]. The compound word is very significant, "to tempt out" [ε κ]; tempt thoroughly; try to the utmost. It occurs in three other places : Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12; Luke 10:25; and, in every case, is used of tempting or testing Christ. Compare Psalms 77:18 (Sept.). For Christ read Kurion the Lord.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:9 Cristo,n {B} The reading that best explains the origin of the others is Cristo,n, attested by the oldest Greek manuscript (î46) as well as by a wide diversity of early patristic an...
Verse 1 Corinthians 10:9. _NEITHER LET US TEMPT CHRIST_] I have already supposed, in _Clarke's note on "_1 Corinthians 10:4_"_, that Christ is intended by the spiritual rock that followed them: and t...
NEITHER LET US TEMPT CHRIST ... - The word “tempt,” when applied to man, means to present motives or inducements to sin; when used with reference to God, it means to try his patience, to provoke his a...
7. WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Warnings from Israel's past history. (1 Corinthians 10:4)._ 2. Exhortations. (1 Corinthians 10:15). The same subject is continued with this chapter. The...
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 mea...
THE PERIL OF OVER-CONFIDENCE (1 Corinthians 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 s...
TEMPT. put thoroughly to the test. Greek. _ekpeirazo._ Only here and Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12; Luke 10:25. CHRIST. The texts read "the Lord". TEMPTED. Greek. _peirazo,_ the word commonly used. were de...
1 Corinthians 10:1-14. The Example of Israel a Warning to Christians In this chapter the direct argument concerning meats offered to idols is resumed in 1 Corinthians 10:14. The first fourteen verses...
_Neither let us tempt Christ_ Whether we read Christ here with the authorized version, or -the Lord" with many MSS. and editors, makes but little difference. In either case Christ is meant, Who, as th...
1 Corinthians 10:1-14. THE EXAMPLE OF ISRAEL A WARNING TO CHRISTIANS. In this chapter the direct argument concerning meats offered to idols is resumed in 1 Corinthians 10:14. The first fourteen verses...
ΚΎΡΙΟΝ אBC. Rec. χριστόν with DEFG, Vetus Lat. Vulg. Peshito. Epiphanius declares that χριστόν was substituted for κύριον by Marcion. But in this case it is remarkable that the ancient Latin translati...
_CAUTIONS AGAINST SINFUL PRACTICES 1 CORINTHIANS 10:6-14:_ The purpose of the sad portrait was so that we might have an example of what caused people to be disqualified. Some were disqualified because...
ΈΚΠΕΙΡΆΖΩΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΈΚΠΕΙΡΆΖΩ (G1598) испытывать, подвергать испытанию (_см._ Matthew 4:1). Предл. сочетание перфектно и может указывать на попытку совершения действия или подверженнос...
NEITHER LET US TEMPT CHRIST— _To tempt_ signifies to disbelieve, after tokens sufficient to command our faith, and engage our obedience through grace. Though the word _him_ be not in the second clause...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 10:1-13. For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 and were all baptized unt...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Immorality (1 Corinthians 10:6-13) 6 Now these things are warnings for us, not to desire evil as they did. 7Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, Th...
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. TEMPT CHRIST. So Irenaeus (264). Delta G f g, Vulgate, 'Aleph (') B C read 'Lord;' A, from Numbers 21:5, '...
25 Contestants in the Grecian games had to take an oath that they had been ten months in training, and that they would violate none of the regulations. They lived on a prescribed diet and exercised se...
TEMPT CHRIST] (RV 'the Lord'; with AV, see on 1 Corinthians 10:4) i.e. try His patience. DESTROYED OF SERPENTS] Numbers 21:5; Numbers 21:6....
_(B) FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS_ In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a very ur...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 *WARNINGS FROM ISRAEL’S HISTORY 10:1-13 *SPIRITUAL FOOD AND DRINK 10:1-5 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I do not want you to forget that a...
NEITHER LET US TEMPT CHRIST. — Better, _Neither let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents._ There is much controversy as to whether the word here is “God” or “Christ” or...
CHAPTER 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. And pa...
The sins condemned in 1 Corinthians 10:7-8 are sins of _sensuality_; these, of _unbelief_ (Ed [1445]) which takes two forms: of _presumption_, daring God's judgments; or of _despair_, doubting His goo...
§ 32. THE MORAL CONTAGION OF IDOLATRY. The fall of the Israel of the Exodus was due to the very temptations now surrounding the Cor [1423] Church to the allurements of idolatry and its attendant impur...
LEARN FROM BIBLE HISTORY 1 Corinthians 10:1 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
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 th...
Lost Though Rewarded As Paul continues his discussion of their fall in the wilderness, he emphasizes self-control as he did in 9:27. Five times in the preceding verses he emphasized the participation...
Neither let us tempt (i) Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. (i) To tempt Christ is to provoke him to a combat as it were, which those men do who abuse the knowledge...
_As some of them tempted Christ. This cannot but be understood of Christ, as God. (Witham)_...
“Neither let us tempt the Christ as some of them tempted Him, and were destroyed of serpents; 10. Neither murmur ye as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.” The first of the two...
2. THE EXAMPLE OF THE ISRAELITES. 10:1-11. This passage is the continuation of the foregoing. What the apostle has just indicated as a possibility for himself, he now points out as a reality in the hi...
II. THE QUESTION CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE SALVATION OF THE STRONG THEMSELVES. 9:23-10:22. As Paul concluded the preceding development by giving his own example, he introduces the following...
From these facts the apostle derives this lesson: The greatest blessings may issue in the greatest judgments....
(1) Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (2) And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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 the...
The apostle then gives the Corinthians the ways of God with Israel in the wilderness, as instruction with regard to His ways with us, declaring that the things which happened to them were types or fig...
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 snar...
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Ver. 9. _Neither let us tempt_] By provoking him to jealousy, as 1 Corinthians 10:22, especially by idolatry...
_Neither let us tempt Christ_ By our unbelief and distrusting his providence, after the tokens he hath given us to encourage our faith, and engage our dependance; _as some of them_ Of the next generat...
IT IS WRITTEN; EXODUS 32:6; NUMBERS 25:1-9; EXODUS 17:2; Exodus 17:7;...
Warning against the corruption of idolatry and related sins:...
NEITHER LET US TEMPT CHRIST, AS SOME OF THEM ALSO TEMPTED, AND WERE DESTROYED OF SERPENTS....
Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place o...
NEITHER LET US MAKE TRIAL OF THE LORD, AS SOME OF THEM MADE TRIAL, AND PERISHED BY THE SERPENTS. 'make trial of the Lord' -'i.e. to see how far his patience will stretch or question if he means what...
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...
To TEMPT, in the general notion of the term, signifies to make a trial; applied unto God, it signifieth to make a trial of God, either with reference to his power, PSALMS 78:18, or to his truth and go...
Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents. [Numbers 21:4-6. Compare John 3:14-15. To "tempt" here means to try beyond all patience or endurance. I...
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'Nor let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished ('were perishing') by the snakes.' Again they tested the Lord by looking back and comparing their present state with the pa...
It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
The substance of this closing portion of the digression may be thus expressed: ‘I have told you of the disastrous issue too sure to follow on a fearless, self-confident assertion of your Christian lib...
1 Corinthians 10:9. NEITHER LET US TEMPT THE LORD, [1] AS SOME OF THEM [2] TEMPTED, AND PERISHED BY THE SERPENTS. The fact referred to is that in Numbers 21:4-6. [1] We adopt this reading with some he...
NEITHER LET US TEMPT THE LORD (μηδε εκπειραζωμεν τον Κυριον). So the best MSS. instead of Christ. This compound occurs in LXX and in N.T. always about Christ (here and Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12; Luke 1...
1 Corinthians 10:1. _Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the...
1 Corinthians 10:1. _Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the...
CONTENTS: Israel in the wilderness, a warning example. Fellowship of the Lord's table demands separation. Law of love in relation to eating and drinking. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Moses. CONCLU...
1 Corinthians 10:1. _I would not have you ignorant_ of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; _that our fathers,_ for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respecting...
WE MUST NOT PUT THE LORD. [The Latin Vulgate has "Christ."] See Numbers 21:4-6 for this incident. The point is we must not allow our hardships to make us discontent, nor yearn for the sinful pleasures...
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...
CHAPTER 10 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER From speaking of the contest, in which those who deny themselves and strive lawfully are rewarded, and in which the slothful and self-indulgent are condemned and pu...
_Neither let us tempt Christ_ by disbelieving His promises, as some of the Corinthians were doubting of the resurrection, as is seen in chap. xv. See 2 Peter 3:4. _As some of them also tempted._ The r...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 10:1.—Notice “_for_,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. _ult. Q.d_. “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; _for_ it is e...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 _Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations._ 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 MOREOVER; rather, _for. _He has just shown them, by his own ex
Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and passed through the sea (1 Corinthians 10:1); Now he is talking about their forefathers w...
Deuteronomy 6:16; Exodus 17:2; Exodus 17:7; Exodus 23:20; Exodus 23:21;
TYPES AND ANALOGIES 1 Corinthians 10:1 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,...
Neither let us tempt Christ — By our unbelief. St. Paul enumerates five benefits, 1 Corinthians 10:1; of which the fourth and fifth were closely connected together; and five sins, the fourth and fifth...
Observe here. double SIN, which the Corinthians are warned against: tempting and murmuring. NEITHER TEMPT YE CHRIST, by trying how long his patience will last, as the Israelites did, when (as the ange...