1 CORINTHIANS 10:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall. — The seemingly secure are in greatest danger. The verb stekō (stand firm) presumes spiritual confidence; yet the conditional 'if you think' (dokei hestanai) suggests complacency. Paul's warning: confidence without vigilance precedes catastrophe.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:12
“Wherefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” Again, he casts down their pride who thought highly of their knowledge. For if they who had so great privileges suffered such things; and some for murmuring alone were visited with such punishment, and others for tempting, and neither their multitude moved God to repent , nor their having attained to such things; much more shall it be so in our case, except we be sober. And well said he, “he that thinks he…
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