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1 Corinthians 10:12
12So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 10:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
- New International Version (NIV)So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Context of 1 Corinthians 10:12
10Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. 11Now all these things happened to them [as] types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it]. 14Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:12
- 1 Corinthians 4:6Now these things, brethren, I have transferred, in their application, to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us the [lesson of] not [letting your thoughts go] above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up one for [such a] one against another.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].
- Proverbs 16:18Pride [goeth] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.
- Matthew 26:33And Peter answering said to him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.
- Romans 11:20Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and thou standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
- Revelation 3:17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Let him that thinketh he standeth - ̔ ̔· Let him who most confidently standeth - him who has the fullest conviction in his own conscience that his heart is right with God, and that his mind is right in the truth, take heed lest he fall from his faith, and from the state of holiness in which the grace of God has placed him. I have already shown that the verb , which we render to seem, to think, to suppose, is used by the best Greek writers, not to lessen…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Wherefore - As the result of all these admonitions. Let this be the effect of all that we learn from the unhappy self-confidence of the Jews, to admonish us not to put reliance on our own strength. That thinketh he standeth - That supposes himself to be firm in the love of God, and in the knowledge of his truth; that regards himself as secure, and that will be therefore disposed to rely on his own strength. Take heed lest he fall - Into sin, idolatry, or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence, therefore should be checked in their first rise. Let us fear the sins of Israel, if we would shun their plagues. And it is but just to fear, that such as tempt Christ, will be left by him in the power of the old serpent. Murmuring against God's disposals and commands, greatly provokes him. Nothing in Scripture is written in vain; and it is our wisdom and duty to learn from it. Others have fallen, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Paul warns the Corinthians not to fall into sin (compare Romans 11:20–22). He reminds them that God is faithful (see 1 Corinthians 1:9; compare Deuteronomy 7:9; 1 Peter 4:19). God will not let them face temptation (compare James 1:2–4) beyond what they can handle. He will always provide a way out.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. thinketh he standeth--stands and thinks that he stands [Bengel]; that is, stands "by faith ... well pleasing" to God; in contrast to 1Co 10:5, "with many of them God was not well pleased" (Ro 11:20). fall--from his place in the Church of God (compare 1Co 10:8, "fell"). Both temporally and spiritually (Ro 14:4). Our security, so far as relates to God, consists in faith; so far as relates to ourselves, it consists in fear.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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