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1 Corinthians 10:7-9
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 10:7-9
New King James Version
7 (A)And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, (B)“The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” 8 (C)Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as (D)some of them did, and (E)in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us [a]tempt Christ, as (F)some of them also tempted, and (G)were destroyed by serpents;
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1 Corinthians 10:7-9
New International Version
1 Corinthians 10:7-9
New International Version
7 Do not be idolaters,(A) 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](B) 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(C) 9 We should not test Christ,[b](D) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(E)
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- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
- 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
1 Corinthians 10:7-9
English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 10:7-9
English Standard Version
7 (A)Do not be idolaters (B)as some of them were; as it is written, (C)“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8 (D)We must not indulge in sexual immorality (E)as some of them did, and (F)twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ[a] to the test, (G)as some of them did and (H)were destroyed by serpents,
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- 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts the Lord
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