1 Corinthians 10:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. ”

• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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 knowledg...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 me...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 comp...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither let us tempt Christ - I have already supposed, in the note on 1 Corinthians 10:4 (note), that Chri...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 cla...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  (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 ver...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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”...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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. An...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Learn from Bible History 1 Corinthians 10:1-10 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 us,...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 t...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 s...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 ido...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 genera...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Admonitions and Warnings. A. D.  57.       6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we s...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 78:18-20 , or to his tr...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  '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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1 Corinthians 10:1-4 . 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 respect...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 10:1-46 Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations. 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover ; rather, for. He has just shown the...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Warning against the corruption of idolatry and related sins:

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 6:16 ; Exodus 17:2 ; Exodus 17:7 ; Exodus 23:20 ; Exodus 23:21 ; Hebrews 10:28-30 ; Hebrews 3:8-11 ; Numbers 21:5 ; Numbers 21:6 ; Psalms 106:14 ; Psalms 78:18 ; Psalms 78:56...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Types and Analogies 1 Corinthians 10:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By the way of introduction to this study upon "types and analogies," we wish to suggest several things, based upon the following st...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Neither let us tempt Christ — By our unbelief. St. Paul enumerates five benefits, 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 ; of which the fourth and fifth were closely connected together; and five sins, the fourth an...

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