Moreover, brethren, I want not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
From speaking of the contest, in which those who deny themselves and strive lawfully are rewarded, and in which the slothful and self-indulgent are condemned and put to confusion, of which the Apostle treated at the end of the preceding chapter, he goes on to the manners of the Hebrews of old, their lusts and vices, especially idolatry, its punishment and condemnation, that by such examples he may teach the Corinthians how vices and temptations, and especially idolatry, are to be guarded against.
Consequently, in ver18 he descends and returns to things offered to idols, and answers a question concerning them which had been broached in chapter viii. And—
i. He lays down that it is not lawful for them to eat of things in so far as they are offered to idols; for this would be to give consent to the sacrifice, and to profess idol worship.
ii. In ver22he points out that it is not lawful to eat of them when the weaker brethren are offended at it. Hence in ver31he recommends to the Corinthians edifying above everything, and bids them do everything to the glory of God and the salvation of their neighbours.
