1 Corinthians 10:14

gives the final point to all that has been urged, from 1 Corinthians 10:1 onwards: the sad fate of the Israelite fathers, the correspondence between their trials and those of the Cor [1484] readers, the possibility of effectual resistance, and the certain relief to which the Divine fidelity is pledged these considerations combine to enforce the appeal, Flee from idolatry; cf. 1 Corinthians 6:18 a, and note. διόπερ, as in 1 Corinthians 8:13 (see note), points with emphatic finger along the line of past history; ἀγαπητοί (cf. 1 Corinthians 4:14) reinforces admonition with entreaty.

[1484] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.