1 Corinthians 10:7

Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them were; as has been written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and arose up to play.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And these became our examples, in order that we may not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day twenty-three thousand.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:11For now I have written unto you not to keep company with him, if any one denominated a brother may be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a scold, or drunken, or an extortioner; with such a one not to eat.

1 Corinthians 8:7But there is not knowledge in all people: but some, with the conscience of the idol even until now, eat as if it was sacrificed to the idol; and their conscience being weak is polluted.

1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.

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 →

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