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Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
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Fleeing is an Active Escape
Commentators emphasize that "flee" is an urgent, active command. It is not about testing how close you can get to temptation without falling, but about getting as far away from idolatrous practices as possible. This active avoidance is the "way of escape" God provides (v. 13), which requires our participation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore. In view of the dangers and temptations that surround you; in view of your own weakness, and the dangers to which you would be e…
Wherefore (διοπερ). Powerfully Paul applies the example of the Israelites to the perilous state of the Corinthians about idolatry.…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.—These words show that through all the previous argument and warning, the writer had in m…
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Baptist
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 a…
The apostle’s terse injunction, “Flee [GK 3771] from idolatry,” applies not only to the weak who through eating might be led into idolatry but also…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore, my beloved, flee, etc. The Apostle now returns to the particular question from which he had briefly digressed. For, so that doc…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore, my dearly beloved Some copies add, "brethren"; as do the Complutensian edition, and Ethiopic version; all…
Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence; therefore, they should be checked when they first arise. Let us fear the sins of Israel if we want to a…
