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1 Corinthians 10:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 10:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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.”(A) 8 Let us not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell within a single day.(B) 9 Let us not test Christ[a] as some of them did, and suffered death by serpents.(C)
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- 10:9 Christ: to avoid Paul’s concept of Christ present in the wilderness events, some manuscripts read “the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 10:7-9
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1 Corinthians 10:7-9
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7 Do not be idolaters,(A) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](B) 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(C) 9 We should not test Christ,[b](D) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(E)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
- 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
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