1 Corinthians 9:23-27

II. The Question considered from the Viewpoint of the Salvation of the Strong Themselves. 9:23-10:22.

As Paul concluded the preceding development by giving his own example, he introduces the following in the same way. In 1 Corinthians 9:23-27 he shows the danger which he himself ran, if he ventured to deviate from the austere path of voluntary renunciation. Then, in chap. 1 Corinthians 10:1-11, he presents a second example to the Corinthians, that of the people of Israel when they had come out of Egypt, whose numerous chastisements in the wilderness were called forth by their loose abandonment to their lusts. Finally, 1 Corinthians 9:12-22, he applies these examples to the present situation of the Corinthians.