11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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11 Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
11 And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,
11 Now all these things happened to them [as] types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
11 Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
11 Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 10 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 10
In this chapter the apostle prosecutes the argument at the close of the last, and,
1Cr 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.
1Cr 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.
1Cr 10:15-22
In this passage the apostle urges the general caution against idolatry, in the particular case of eating the heathen sacrifices as such, and out of any religious respect to the idol to whom they were sacrificed.
1Cr 10:23-33
In this passage the apostle shows in what instances, notwithstanding, Christians might lawfully eat what had been sacrificed to idols. They must not eat it out of religious respect to the idol, nor go into his temple, and hold a feast there, upon what they knew was an idol-sacrifice; nor perhaps out of the temple, if they knew it was a feast held upon a sacrifice, but there were cases wherein they might without sin eat what had been offered. Some such the apostle here enumerates.-But,