1 Corinthians 10:14
Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
In Context
15I am speaking to you as sensible people; form your own judgment about what I am saying.
Cross References
Romans 12:19Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but make way for the wrath of God; for scripture declares – ‘“It is for me to avenge, I will requite,” says the Lord.’
1 Corinthians 10:20No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles are offered to demons and to a being who is no God, and I do not want you to share with demons.
2 Corinthians 7:1With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest respect for God, aim at perfect holiness.
2 Corinthians 12:15For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?
Philippians 4:1So then, my dear friends, whom I am longing to see – you who are my joy and my crown, stand fast in union with the Lord, dear friends.
1 Peter 2:11Dear friends, I beg you, as pilgrims and strangers on earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war on the soul.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:7-15
Admonitions and Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 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. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them… Read the whole commentary →