1 Coríntios 10

1 Coríntios 10

Henry - 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. Now these things - What things? This refers to not only the incredible privileges God had bestowed on Israel (in 1 Cor 10:1-4), but also the equally incredible repeated episodes of disobedience which resulted in divine discipline. In essence most of the nation were "disqualified" (cf 1 Cor 9:27+) from entering the promised land. Zodhiates - History repeats itself, and he who learns from the past avoids the pitfalls of the present and lays the foundation of the future. "A page of history is worth a volume of logic," Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. declared. Happened as examples for us - What happened to Israel was not just an example but was given by Paul with the sense of a warning or admonition to us (Paul includes himself with the saints at Corinth and by application clearly all believers of all times). Barber on examples for us "refers to not only how God treated them, but how they wrongly responded to Him. In other words, God was constantly providing for them, but they were constantly wrongly responding to Him....You look and see what Israel did wrong and you begin to understand why you might be disqualified at some point in your journey. Examples (5179) tupos from túpto = strike, smite with repeated strokes) literally refers to a visible mark or impression made by a stroke or blow from an instrument or object. What is left after the stroke or blow is called a print, a figure or an impression. For example, the most famous reference to a literal mark (tupos) is when Thomas doubted Jesus' resurrection from the dead declaring "Unless I shall see in His hands the imprint (tupos) of the nails" (John 20:25). (See also ISBE Article) Stated another way tupos properly means a "model" or "pattern" or "mold" into which clay or wax was pressed (or molds into which molten metal for castings was poured), that it might take the figure or exact shape of the mold. Our English word "type" is similar and originally referred to an impression made by a die as that which is struck. In an ethical sense, tupos is a dissuasive (tending to dissuade) example, a pattern of warning or an example to be imitated (Phil 3:17; 1Th 1:7; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 4:12; Titus 2:7). So that - Term of purpose. Paul clearly states the purpose of his review of the tragic history of Israel after they were freed from Egyptian bondage. We would not crave evil things (kakos) as they also craved (epithumeo) - I like the NIV which renders it "to keep us from setting our hearts." This "nails it" because the heart of Israel's problem was the problem with their heart! Israel's basic problem was craving evil things. Paul includes himself ("we") as one who needs to pay attention to why most of Israel was "disqualified." And by way of application beloved, WE (modern believers) also are part of that "we". Paul describes where their craving for evil things originated from in Romans 7:18-19+ writing "For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil (kakos) that I do not want." So where does the craving of evil things originate? Paul says in my flesh, our fallen flesh inherited from Adam. Clearly the Israelites followed after their fallen flesh (flesh is still present in believers) seeking to please fallen flesh rather than please the exalted God.