1 Corinthians 10:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now all these things happened, &c.— It is to be observed, that all these instancesmentionedbytheApostle, of the destruction which came upon the Israelites, who were in covenant with God, and partakers of those typical sacraments, were occasioned by their luxurious appetites about meat and drink, and by fornication and idolatry; sins to which the Corinthians had a great propensity, and against which he therefore the more carefully guards them. Τελη αιωνων, rendered the ends of the world, properly signifies the ends of the ages: that is, the concluding age, or the last dispensation of God to mankind; which we must assuredly conclude that it is, if we believe the Gospel to be true. See Locke.