1 Corinthians 10:6-10
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6 Now these things took place as 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 party.[b][c](D) 8 Let us not commit sexual immorality(E) as some of them did,[d] and in a single day twenty-three thousand people died.(F) 9 Let us not test Christ as some of them did[e] and were destroyed by snakes.(G) 10 And don’t grumble(H) as some of them did,[f](I) and were killed by the destroyer.[g](J)
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1 Corinthians 10:6-10
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6 Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.(A) 7 Do not become idolaters as some of them did, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.”(B) 8 We must not engage in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.(C) 9 We must not put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.(D) 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.(E)
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