1 Corinthians 10:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire(A) evil things as they did.[a](B) 7 Don’t become idolaters(C) as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.[b](D)[c] 8 Let us not commit sexual immorality(E) as some of them did,[d] and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead.(F)
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- 1 Corinthians 10:6 Lit they desired
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Or to dance
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Ex 32:6
- 1 Corinthians 10:8 Lit them committed sexual immorality
1 Corinthians 10:6-8
New International Version
6 Now these things occurred as examples(A) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters,(B) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](C) 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(D)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
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