1 CORINTHIANS 10:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. — The hoi telē tōn aiōnōn (culmination/ends of the ages) emphasizes that the Corinthians live in the final epoch. Israel's history, recorded in scripture, exists to warn the church standing at the eschaton. Proximity to the end heightens accountability and the relevance of OT precedent.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:11
“Now all these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.” Again he terrifies them speaking of the “ends,” and prepares them to expect things greater than had already taken place. “For that we shall suffer punishment is manifest,” says he, “from what has been said, even to those who disbelieve the statements concerning hell-fire; but that the punishment also will be most severe, is evident,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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