Scofield Reference Bible Notes
1 Corinthians 10

1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

that spiritual Rock

a spiritual rock.

Rock was Christ

Christ (as Stone). Jhn 4:13-14. (Exo 17:6; 1Pe 2:8.)

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

were our examples

happened as types for us.

1Co 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play

Exo 32:6.

1Co 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

fornication…some of them committed

Num 25:1, 9.

fell in one day

Cf. Num 25:9. A discrepancy has been imagined. 1Co 10:8 gives the number of deaths in "one day"; Num 25:9, the total number of deaths "in the plague." Some discrepant statements concerning numbers are, however, found in the existing manuscripts of the Hebrew Scriptures. These are most naturally ascribed to the fact that the Hebrews used letters in the place of numerals. The letters from Koph to Tau express hundreds up to four hundred. Five certain Hebrew letters, written in a different form, carry hundreds up to nine hundred, while thousands are expressed by two dots over the proper unit letter: e.g. the letter Teth, used alone, stands for 9; with two dots it stands for nine thousand. Error in transcription of Hebrew numbers thus becomes easy, preservation of numerical accuracy difficult.

1Co 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

tempt Christ

Exo 17:2, 7.

destroyed of serpents

Num 21:6.

1Co 10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

murmured, and were destroyed

Num 14:2, 29; 26:63, 65

1Co 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

for ensamples

as types.

world

i.e. ages.

1Co 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

temptation

Temptation. 1Co 10:9, 13; 11:3-4. (Gen 3:1; Jas 1:14.)

also make a way to escape

make the issue also.

1Co 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

bread

Or, loaf. Cf. 1Co 11:23-26; 12:12-13.

1Co 10:19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

the idol is any thing

1Co 8:4.

1Co 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

devils

Greek demon; also 1Co 10:21. See Scofield Matthew 7:22, note.

not to God

Deu 32:17.

fellowship

See 1Co 10:16 translated communion.

Separation. 2Th 3:6, 14. (Gen 12:1; 2 Cor 6:14-17.)

1Co 10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

own, but every man another's wealth

own advantage, but that of the other.

1Co 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

Lord

Jehovah. Psa 24:1.

1Co 10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

eat not for his sake

1Co 8:10, 12.

1Co 10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

by grace be a partaker

partake with thanksgiving.

1Co 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

the church of God

Churches (local). 1Co 11:16-34. (Act 2:41; Phl 1:1).

Churches (visible). 1Co 12:28. (1Co 10:32; 1Ti 3:15).

1Co 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

saved

See Scofield Romans 1:16, note.