<p>10:12 <em>Therefore let him that thinks he stands be careful lest he fall- </em>I have noted on the previous verses that Paul is at pains to point out that we are not to think that the record of Israel's failure is merely dry history.&nbsp; There is a very real possibility that the Christian community could be no better than Israel after the flesh; and only a minority of those who pass through the baptismal water will therefore be saved. Which should make us look closely at ourselves. Paul's only other usage of the standing / falling image is in Rom. 14:4: &quot;To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he shall be made to stand up. For the Lord has power to make him stand&quot;. Thinking we stand therefore refers to an assumption that we shall in our own strength stand acceptable before the judgment seat. We shall only be made to stand by the Lord's grace; for in the same passage Paul writes of how every knee shall bow.</p>