1 Corinthians 10:4

SPIRITUAL DRINK; the water that flowed miraculously from the rock, and was a type of Christ. Exodus 17:6; NUMBERS 20:11. DRANK OF THAT SPIRITUAL ROCK THAT FOLLOWED THEM; it has been supposed that the water from the rock mentioned in Exodus 17:6, followed the Israelites during their wanderings in th... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:5

MANY OF THEM; who belonged to God's visible people, and enjoyed all their outward privileges. Thus the apostle warns the Corinthians not to think themselves safe from danger because they belong outwardly to Christ's church, and enjoy its ordinances and gifts. THEY WERE OVERTHROWN; NUMBERS 14:29-35;... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:11

THEY ARE WRITTEN; in the Scriptures, as a warning to those who should live under the gospel. THE ENDS OF THE WORLD; the ends of the ages, an expression nearly equivalent to the Old Testament phrase, "the last days," by which was represented the then distant future of the Christian dispensation. Com... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:16

THE CUP-THE BREAD; of which they partook in the ordinance of the Lord's supper, and in which they professed to commune with Christ. Partaking of the Lord's supper is a solemn public profession of friendship to Christ, and devotion to his service. All who unite in it should be especially careful to a... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:18

PARTAKERS OF THE ALTAR; connected in a special sense with the altar, and thus with Jehovah, to whom the altar is devoted. So, should they feast in heathen temples, they would be considered as worshippers of heathen gods.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:20

THEY SACRIFICE TO DEVILS; though idols are nothing, idolatry is a system under the dominion of evil spirits; and they are the real objects worshipped by idolaters.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:21

YE CANNOT; consistently with truth and duty. Should they join with idolaters, they would rebel against Jehovah, and provoke him to come out in judgment against them.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:22

Persons cannot continue to unite with the wicked in the service of Satan, and yet be the friends of God; and those who seek their chief enjoyment in sensual gratifications, are provoking the Lord to destroy them.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:23

ALL THINGS; which are good to eat, may at proper times be eaten and even meat which had been offered to idols was not changed, and would not injure Paul: but it would not on that account be right for him to partake of it in idolatrous feasts, because his doing so might injure others.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:25

THE SHAMBLES; public markets. ASKING NO QUESTION; as for example, whether it may not be the flesh of an animal sacrificed to an idol. For in such a case, though it should be so, you are not thereby made in the view of men a patron of idolatry.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:26

THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S; we may therefore use any part of it in such a manner as will honor him and do good, and we should not desire to use it in any other way.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:28

EAT NOT; lest your example injure him who gave the information. The same action may under some circumstances be right, and under other circumstances be wrong. It is not always enough therefore to look at the action as it is in itself, disconnected from its circumstances, or at its effects on ourselv... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:29

JUDGED OF ANOTHER MAN'S CONSCIENCE; why should another man make the scruples of his conscience a measure of my liberty? This, with what follows in the next verse, is said in support of the assertion just made, "Conscience, I say, not thine own.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 10:30

BY GRACE; rather, as the margin, with thanksgiving, namely, to God. BE A PARTAKER; of the food set before me. GIVE THANKS; to God, thus showing that I worship him, and no idol. In this and the preceding verse the apostle vindicates for every Christian his liberty of conscience, while in the contex... [ Continue Reading ]

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