1 Corinthians 10:12 (YLT)

Passage

so that he who is thinking to stand--let him observe, lest he fall.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 10:10 neither murmur ye, as also some of them did murmur, and did perish by the destroyer.

1 Corinthians 10:11 And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,

1 Corinthians 10:12 so that he who is thinking to stand--let him observe, lest he fall.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

1 Corinthians 10:14 Wherefore, my beloved, flee from the idolatry;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thinking", "stand--let", "observe", "lest", and "fall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thinking" and "stand--let", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And all these things as types did..." into verse 13's "No temptation hath taken you--except human and...", so "thinking" and "stand--let" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thinking" and "stand--let" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.