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1 Corinthians 10:6 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. "
1 Corinthians 10:6
Verse in Context
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And did ➔ all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
But with many of them God was ➔ not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Neither 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.
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
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1 Corinthians 10:1
"Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;"
1 Corinthians 10:2
"And were ➔ all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;"
1 Corinthians 10:3
"And did ➔ all eat the same spiritual meat;"
1 Corinthians 10:4
"And did ➔ all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."
1 Corinthians 10:5
"But with many of them God was ➔ not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness."
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