1 Corinthians 10:11 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul says these events occurred as examples and were written to instruct us, who live in the culmination of the ages.
What Does 1 Corinthians 10:11 Mean?
Paul gathers up the warnings. What befell Israel happened 'for ensamples,' and Scripture preserved them 'for our admonition.' He adds that his readers are those 'upon whom the ends of the world are come' -- they live in the decisive age that the whole story of God's people had been moving toward, the age opened by Christ.
This gives the Old Testament a living voice for the church. Those ancient accounts are not distant history but God's instruction for the present moment. Because the Corinthians stand at the climax of redemption, the stakes are high and the grace is great. Paul wants them to read Israel's story as their own teacher, learning reverence and trust from those who went before, that they might finish faithfully what God has begun in them.
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What does 1 Corinthians 10:11 mean?
Paul says these events occurred as examples and were written to instruct us, who live in the culmination of the ages.