Teks -- 1 Corinthians 10:6 (NET)

10:6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

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Robertson: 1Co 10:6 - Were our examples

Were our examples ( tupoi hēmōn egenēthēsan ).

More exactly, examples for us (objective genitive hēmōn , not subjective genitive, of us). The word tupoi (our types) comes from tuptō , to strike, and meant originally the mark of a blow as the print of the nails (Joh 20:25), then a figure formed by a blow like images of the gods (Act 7:43), then an example to be imitated (1Pe 5:3; 1Ti 4:12; 1Th 1:7; 2Th 3:9), or to be avoided as here, and finally a type in a doctrinal sense (Rom 5:14; Heb 9:24).

Robertson: 1Co 10:6 - To the intent we should not lust after

To the intent we should not lust after ( eis to mē einai hēmas epithumētas ).

Purpose expressed by eis with the articular infinitive to einai and the accusative of general reference with epithumētas (lusters) in the predicate.

Vincent: 1Co 10:6 - Examples

Examples ( τύποι )

See on 1Pe 5:3. The word may mean either an example , as 1Ti 4:12, or a type of a fact or of a spiritual truth. Heb 9:24; Rom 5:14.

Vincent: 1Co 10:6 - We should not lust

We should not lust ( μὴ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐπιθυμητὰς )

Lit., should not be desirers . Ἑπιθυμητής desirer , lover , only here in the New Testament. Frequent in the classics. The sins of the Israelites are connected with those of the Corinthians.

Wesley: 1Co 10:6 - Now these things were our examples

Showing what we are to expect if, enjoying the like benefits, we commit the like sins. The benefits are set down in the same order as by Moses in Exodus; the sins and punishments in a different order; evil desire first, as being the foundation of all; next, idolatry, 1Co 10:7, 1Co 10:14; then fornication, which usually accompanied it, 1Co 10:8; the tempting and murmuring against God, in the following verses.

Wesley: 1Co 10:6 - As they desired

Flesh, in contempt of manna. Num 11:4

JFB: 1Co 10:6 - were

Greek, "came to pass as."

JFB: 1Co 10:6 - our examples

Samples to us of what will befall us, if we also with all our privileges walk carelessly.

JFB: 1Co 10:6 - lust

The fountain of all the four other offenses enumerated, and therefore put first (Jam 1:14-15; compare Psa 106:14). A particular case of lust was that after flesh, when they pined for the fish, leeks, &c., of Egypt, which they had left (Num 11:4, Num 11:33-34). These are included in the "evil things," not that they are so in themselves, but they became so to the Israelites when they lusted after what God withheld, and were discontented with what God provided.

Clarke: 1Co 10:6 - These things were our examples

These things were our examples - The punishments which God inflicted on them furnish us with evidences of what God will inflict upon us, if we sin after the similitude of those transgressors

Clarke: 1Co 10:6 - We should not lust after evil things

We should not lust after evil things - It is most evident that the apostle refers here to the history in Num 11:4, etc.: And the mixed multitude fell a lusting, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? Into the same spirit the Corinthians had most evidently fallen; they lusted after the flesh in the idol feasts, and therefore frequented them to the great scandal of Christianity. The apostle shows them that their sin was of the same nature as that of the murmuring rebellious Israelites whom God so severely punished; and if he did not spare the natural branches, there was no likelihood that he should spare them.

Calvin: 1Co 10:6 - Now these things were types to us // That we might not lust after evil things

6.Now these things were types to us He warns us in still more explicit terms, that we have to do with the punishment that was inflicted upon them, so that they are a lesson to us, that we may not provoke the anger of God as they did. “God,” says he, “in punishing them has set before us, as in a picture, his severity, that, instructed by their example, we may learn to fear.” Of the term type I shall speak presently. Only for the present I should wish my readers to know, that it is not without consideration that I have given a different rendering from that of the old translation, ⁵⁴⁰ and of Erasmus. For they obscure Paul’s meaning, or at least they do not bring out with sufficient clearness this idea — that God has in that people presented a picture for our instruction.

That we might not lust after evil things He now enumerates particular instances, or certain examples, that he may take occasion from this to reprove some vices, as to which it was proper that the Corinthians should be admonished. I am of opinion, that the history that is here referred to is what is recorded in Num 11:4, etc., though others refer it to what is recorded in Num 26:64. The people, after having been for some time fed with manna, at length took a dislike to it, and began to desire other kinds of food, which they had been accustomed to partake of in Egypt. Now they sinned in two ways, for they despised the peculiar gift of God, and they eagerly longed after a variety of meats and delicacies, contrary to the will of God. The Lord, provoked by this lawless appetite, inflicted upon the people a grievous blow. Hence the place was called the

graves of lust, ⁵⁴¹ because there they buried those whom
the Lord had smitten. (Num 11:34.)

The Lord by this example testified how much he hates those lusts that arise from dislike of his gifts, and from our lawless appetite, for whatever goes beyond the measure that God has prescribed is justly reckoned evil and unlawful.

Defender: 1Co 10:6 - examples

The word "examples" is the Greek tupos, from which we get "types." Thus the experiences of the Israelites were actually designed by God as "types" of Christ and of our relation to Him (1Co 10:11)."

TSK: 1Co 10:6 - these // examples // lust

these : 1Co 10:11; Zep 3:6, Zep 3:7; Heb 4:11; 2Pe 2:6; Jud 1:7

examples : Gr. figures, Rom 5:14; Heb 9:24; 1Pe 3:21

lust : Num 11:4, Num 11:31-34; Psa 78:27-31, Psa 106:14, Psa 106:15

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Poole: 1Co 10:6 - Our examples

Our examples our types or patterns (as the Greek word signifies): we may, by God’ s dispensations to them, learn what God will be to us: as they were patterns to us, of persons enjoying great spiritual privileges; so they are also examples or patterns to show us what we may expect from God, and to deter us from such practices, as brought the vengeance of God upon them; which were their sinful lustings or desirings of things which God had forbidden, as they did the flesh-pots, and onions, and garlic of Egypt, and to return thither again, Num 11:4,5,33 14:2-4 .

Haydock: 1Co 10:6 - In a figure of us

In a figure of us. That is, this was done and written to teach us, what we may expect, if we imitate the murmurs, infidelities, ingratitude, and disobedience of the Hebrew people. Unless we renounce our irregular desires, unless we mortify our passions, baptism and communion will prove our greater condemnation. The greatest graces are but subjects of alarm, unless our life correspond with them.

Gill: 1Co 10:6 - Now these things were our examples // to the intent that we should not lust after evil things // as they also lusted

Now these things were our examples,.... Or "types"; that is, these punishments which were inflicted on these persons for their sins, were designed as instructions for others to avoid the like sins, that they may escape the same punishment; just as the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, being condemned with an overthrow, as these men were, were made ensamples to all that should hereafter live such vicious lives and conversations; and in a very lively manner, as in a type or print, these exhibited the displeasure of God against sin, what such must expect who commit it; so men are called out of Babylon, lest, partaking of her sins, they also receive of her plagues. The Jews have a common saying ^s שאירע לאבות סימן לבנים "that what happened to the fathers is a sign unto the children"; to which the apostle may have respect:

to the intent that we should not lust after evil things. The apostle proceeds to enter into particular instances, in which these things were examples, teaching us to avoid sin, and so punishment; and begins with lust, which is the root and foundation of all sin; all the evil in the world arises from it, and the world itself is full of it, and is in God's account the same as action: and here he particularly strikes at those Corinthians, that lusted after the feasts in the idols' temples; and hints that that arose rather from a carnal sensual appetite, which ought not to be indulged, than from any other principle:

as they also lusted; that is, after evil things, the fish, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, onions, and garlic of Egypt, Num 11:4 which though they were not evil in themselves, yet the Israelites sinned in lusting after them, in not being content with the manna, the food which God had prepared for them; and besides, their desire after these things did not arise from want, but from a sensual appetite, and was attended with murmuring against the Lord and his servants, and was highly resented; for though the Lord gave them flesh according to their desire, yet while it was between their teeth, he sent a plague among them, by which multitudes were taken off, and the name of the place was called קברות התאוה, "Kibroth Hataavah, the graves of lusts"; the people that lusted being buried there, Num 11:34.