Key Verse Spotlight
1 Corinthians 10:12 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
1 Corinthians 10:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
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. {ensamples: or, types}
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God {is} faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear {it}. {common...: or, moderate}
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
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