In 1 Corinthians 10:32, the Apostle furnishes us with a classification of mankind which greatly helps not only to the understanding of prophecy but of the whole Word of God. “Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God.” Here we have the three great spheres in which the glory of Christ is displayed. As it respects man’s condition before God in reference to eternity, there are but two classes, the saved and the unsaved ― those who have been really born again and those who are still in nature’s darkness and unbelief. But with regard to God’s government of the world, there are three classes―Jews, Gentiles and the church—and no one can rightly divide the Word of God who overlooks this division. To trace through Scripture God’s purpose concerning these three classes is the surest way to ascertain the order of God’s dispensations and the harmony of all portions of the Holy Scriptures with each other.
A. Miller