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1 Corinthians 10:9 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 10 · verse 9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.1 Corinthians 10:9 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 10:9 in context
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.
11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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- destroyedapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- serpentsophissnake, serpent, with the ancients, the serpent was an emblem of cunning and wisdom. The…G3789 →
- temptedpeirazōto try whether a thing can be done, to attempt, endeavour, to try, make trial of, test…G3985 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- temptekpeirazōto prove, test, thoroughly, to put to proof God s character and powerG1598 →
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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