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1 Corinthians 10:6 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 10 · verse 6
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.1 Corinthians 10:6 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 10:6 in context
4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
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Key words (Strong's)
- examplestyposthe mark of a stroke or blow, print, a figure formed by a blow or impression, of a figure…G5179 →
- intenteisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- lustedepithymeōto turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, long for, to desire, to lust after, covet, of…G1937 →
- evilkakosof a bad nature, not such as it ought to be, of a mode of thinking, feeling, acting…G2556 →
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The apostle, having recited their privileges, proceeds here to an account of their faults and punishments, their sins and plagues, which are left upon record for an example to us, a warning against the like sins, if we would escape the like punishments. We must not do as they did, lest we suffer as they suffered. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14