ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 10 v6

WARNINGS FOR US. ORIGEN: These things were written as examples for us, so that when we read about their sins we shall know to avoid them. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4.46.

PREFIGURED IN PROPHECY. CHRYSOSTOM: Just as the gifts are symbolic, so are the punishments symbolic. Baptism and holy Communion were prefigured in prophecy. In the same way the certainty of punishment for those who are unworthy of this gift was proclaimed beforehand for our sake, so that we might learn from these examples how we must watch our step. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 23.4.

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