1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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;”
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. — Paul invokes Israel's exodus history as warning. The nephelē (cloud) represents God's presence and guidance; the passing through the sea marks liberation. The identification 'our ancestors' (hoi pateres hēmōn) claims spiritual kinship: the Corinthians inherit Israel's covenant heritage. Ignorance of this history is spiritually dangerous.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:1
“For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant.” Now this he said, implying that they were not very well instructed in these things. And what is this which you would not have us ignorant of? “That our fathers,” says he, “were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink; for they drank of a spiritual Rock that followed…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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