(A)Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as (B)some of them did, and (C)in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us [a]tempt Christ, as (D)some of them also tempted, and (E)were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as (F)some of them also complained, and (G)were destroyed by (H)the destroyer. 11 Now [b]all these things happened to them as examples, and (I)they were written for our [c]admonition, (J)upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 test
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:11 NU omits all
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:11 instruction

We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(A) We should not test Christ,[a](B) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(C) 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(D)—and were killed(E) by the destroying angel.(F)

11 These things happened to them as examples(G) and were written down as warnings for us,(H) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(I)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord