1 Corinthians 10:5-7
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5 Yet God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.(A)
6 [a]These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.(B) 7 And do not become idolaters, as some of them did, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.”(C)
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- 10:6–13 This section explicitates the typological value of these Old Testament events: the desert experiences of the Israelites are examples, meant as warnings, to deter us from similar sins (idolatry, immorality, etc.) and from a similar fate.
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