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1 Corinthians 10:8 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 10 · verse 8
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.1 Corinthians 10:8 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 10:8 in context
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.
9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
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Key words (Strong's)
- fornicationporneuōto prostitute one's body to the lust of another, to give one's self to unlawful sexual…G4203 →
- thousandchiliasa thousand, the number one thousandG5505 →
- twentyeikositwentyG1501 →
- threetreisthreeG5140 →
- fellpiptōto descend from a higher place to a lower, to fall , to be thrust down, metaph. to fall…G4098 →
- dayhēmerathe day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as…G2250 →
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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