1 Corinthians 10:9

1 Corinthians 10:9

7 ^aAnd do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, ^b“The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”

8 ^aNor let us commit sexual immorality, as ^bsome of them did, and ^cin one day twenty-three thousand fell;

9 nor let us¹ tempt Christ, as ^asome of them also tempted, and ^bwere destroyed by serpents;

10 nor complain, as ^asome of them also complained, and ^bwere destroyed by ^cthe destroyer.

11 Now¹ all these things happened to them as examples, and ^athey were written for our admonition, ^bupon whom the ends of the ages have come.

12 Therefore ^alet him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but ^aGod is faithful, ^bwho will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to¹ bear it.

Flee from Idolatry

14 Therefore, my beloved, ^aflee from idolatry.

15 I speak as to ^awise men; judge for yourselves what I say.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Neither let us tempt the Lord (mhde ekpeirazwmen ton Kurion). 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 10:25). Let us cease sorely (ek-) tempting the Lord by such conduct.

And perished by the serpents (kai upo twn ofewn apwllunto). Vivid imperfect middle (cf. aorist middle apwlonto in verse I Corinthians 10:10), were perishing day by day. The story is told in Numbers 21:6. The use of upo for agent with the intransitive middle of apollumi is regular. Note the Ionic uncontracted genitive plural ofewn rather than ofwn.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 10:9:**

Luke 10:25
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Flee from Idolatry