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.

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