Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! New Living Translation If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. English Standard Version Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. Berean Standard Bible So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. Berean Literal Bible Therefore the one thinking to stand, let him take heed, lest he fall. King James Bible Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. New King James Version Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. New American Standard Bible Therefore let the one who thinks he stands watch out that he does not fall. NASB 1995 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. NASB 1977 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. Amplified Bible Therefore let the one who thinks he stands firm [immune to temptation, being overconfident and self-righteous], take care that he does not fall [into sin and condemnation]. Christian Standard Bible So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall. Holman Christian Standard Bible So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall. American Standard Version Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. Aramaic Bible in Plain English From now on, whoever thinks that he stands, let him beware lest he fall. Contemporary English Version Even if you think you can stand up to temptation, be careful not to fall. Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall. English Revised Version Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. GOD'S WORD® Translation So, people who think they are standing firmly should be careful that they don't fall. Good News Translation If you think you are standing firm you had better be careful that you do not fall. International Standard Version Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn't fall. Literal Standard Version so that he who is thinking to stand—let him observe, lest he fall. Majority Standard Bible So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. New American Bible Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing secure should take care not to fall. NET Bible So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall. New Revised Standard Version So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. New Heart English Bible Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he does not fall. Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. Weymouth New Testament So then let him who thinks he is standing securely beware of falling. World English Bible Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall. Young's Literal Translation so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings from Israel's Past…11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. 13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.… Cross References Luke 8:18 Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him." Romans 11:20 That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. 2 Peter 3:17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. Treasury of Scripture Why let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 4:6-8 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another… 1 Corinthians 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Jump to Previous Beware Careful Fall Falling Fear Firm Heed Observe Safe Securely Seems Stand Standeth Standing Stands Think Thinketh Thinking Thinks WhereforeJump to Next Beware Careful Fall Falling Fear Firm Heed Observe Safe Securely Seems Stand Standeth Standing Stands Think Thinketh Thinking Thinks Wherefore1 Corinthians 10 1. The sacraments of the Jews are types of ours;7. and their punishments, 11. examples for us. 13. We must flee from idolatry. 21. We must not make the Lord's table the table of demons; 24. and in all things we must have regard for our brothers. (12) Wherefore.--This is the practical conclusion of the whole matter. We are to look back on that strange record of splendid privilege and of terrible fall and learn from it the solemn lesson of self-distrust. Led forth by divinely appointed leaders, overshadowed by the Divine Presence, supported by divinely given food and drink, the vast hosts of Israel had passed from the bondage of Egypt into the glorious liberty of children of the living God; yet amid all those who seemed to stand so secure in their relation to God, but a few fell not. Christians, called forth from a more deadly bondage into a more glorious liberty, are in like peril. Let the one who thinks that he stands secure take great heed, lest he fall. The murmuring against their apostolic teachers, the longing to go so far as they could in indulgence without committing actual sin, were terribly significant indications in the Corinthian Church. When we feel ourselves beginning to dislike those who warn us against sin, and when we find ourselves measuring with minute casuistry what is the smallest distance that we can place between ourselves and some desired object of indulgence without actually sinning, then "let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."Verse 12. - Take heed lest he fall. The Corinthians, thinking that they stood, asserting that they all had knowledge, proud of the insight which led them to declare that "an idol is nothing in the world," were not only liable to underrate the amount of forbearance due to weaker consciences, but were also in personal danger of falling away. To them, as to the Romans, St. Paul means to say, "Be not highminded, but fear" (Romans 11:20). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek SoὭστε (Hōste) Conjunction Strong's 5620: So that, therefore, so then, so as to. From hos and te; so too, i.e. Thus therefore. the [one who] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. thinks δοκῶν (dokōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1380: A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem. he is standing firm ἑστάναι (hestanai) Verb - Perfect Infinitive Active Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. should be careful βλεπέτω (blepetō) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 991: (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at. not μὴ (mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. to fall. πέσῃ (pesē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall. Links 1 Corinthians 10:12 NIV1 Corinthians 10:12 NLT 1 Corinthians 10:12 ESV 1 Corinthians 10:12 NASB 1 Corinthians 10:12 KJV 1 Corinthians 10:12 BibleApps.com 1 Corinthians 10:12 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 10:12 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 10:12 French Bible 1 Corinthians 10:12 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) |
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