1 Corinthians 10:1 BSB

1 Corinthians 10:1

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

BSB

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ASV

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

KJV

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

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Commentary

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Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book IV (202)

Thou wilt notice, too, that the transgressions of the common people have been described in like manner, not for the sake of those who did then transgress, but as a means of instruction unto us, and that we should understand that it is one and the same God against whom these men sinned, and against whom certain persons do now transgress from among those who profess to have believed in Him.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Moreover, brethren - But, or now (δε de). This verse, with the following illustrations 1Co 10:1-4, is properly connected in Paul’s argument with the statements which he had made in 1Co 8:8, etc., and is designed to show the danger which would result from their partaking of the feasts that were celebrated in honor of idols.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

For the Israelites with all their privileges were most of them castaways through want of it. ignorant--with all your boasted "knowledge." our fathers--The Jewish Church stands in the relation of parent to the Christian Church. all--Arrange as the Greek, "Our fathers were all under the cloud"; giving the "all" its proper emphasis.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οὐ	Ou	Not	G3756 →
θέλω	thelō	I want	G2309 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἀγνοεῖν,	agnoein	to be ignorant,	G50 →
ἀδελφοί,	adelphoi	brothers,	G80 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
πατέρες	pateres	fathers	G3962 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	under	G5259 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
νεφέλην	nephelēn	cloud	G3507 →
ἦσαν	ēsan	were	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
θαλάσσης	thalassēs	sea	G2281 →
διῆλθον,	diēlthon	passed,	G1330 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 105:39
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:12
  You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
- Psalms 78:14
  He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
- Isaiah 4:5
  Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there…
- Nehemiah 9:19
  You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of…
- Exodus 14:24
  At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
Through
Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
leads to
- Exodus 14:22
  and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Isaiah 43:2
  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched;…
- Psalms 78:52–53
  He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

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