விரிவுரை தற்போது ஆங்கிலத்தில் மட்டுமே கிடைக்கிறது. தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு நடைபெறுகிறது.
1 Corinthians 10 — Whether Therefore Ye Eat, Or Drink, Or Whatsoever Ye Do, Do All to the Glory of God
I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud. Were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. With many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 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. Flee from idolatry. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
“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.”
— 1 Corinthians 10:13
- v.1-13 Israel's example; the way of escape
- v.14-22 Flee from idolatry
- v.23-33 Do all to the glory of God
Common to man. Your temptation is not unique. No special situation places you outside God's help.
A way to escape. God provides the exit. The temptation does not corner you without His provision of escape. Take it.
Flee. The verb is decisive — run. Idolatry is not engaged in debate; it is left behind.
Modern idolatries — money, image, comfort, control — require the same response. Argue with sin and you usually lose; flee and you usually win.
A comprehensive principle. Everything — including the trivial — is for God's glory. Eating, drinking, doing.
The verse honors the ordinary. The Christian does not need a special spiritual category; every mundane act is a venue for glorifying God.
Verse 31 sanctifies the ordinary day. Breakfast, the commute, the small conversation — whatsoever you do is for His glory. Run today's tasks through that filter, and the mundane becomes worship.
The chapter ties Israel's wilderness story to Christ — they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ (v.4). The Lord's Supper communion in His blood (v.16) is the centerpiece. Christ is the One sustaining His people through the desert, and the One they remember in the cup.
A check on Christian confidence. The believer who believes himself unfallable is the most likely to fall.
Take heed. Vigilance is the posture of the secure. The verse does not undermine assurance; it directs how to maintain it.