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1 Corinthians 10:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

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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.

8

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

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Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

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Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. {ensamples: or, types}

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