1 Corinthians 10:7
nor also be servers of idols, as some of them served; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
6But these became an example for us; that we should not desire evils, as they desired;
8nor commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell, in one day, twenty and three thousand;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 5:11But this which I have written to you, Be not mixed, (is,) If any one who is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or a worshipper of idols, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or rapacious, with one who is such as he not to eat bread.
1 Corinthians 8:7But not in every man is this knowledge; for there are some who in their conscience until now (believe) that, with respect to idols, as of that which hath been sacrificed we eat. And because of weakness their conscience is defiled.
1 Corinthians 14:20MY brethren, be not children in your minds, but in evils be you babes, and in your minds be perfect.
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 →