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1 Corinthians 10:9

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Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

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1 Corinthians 10:9 in other translations

Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.

1 Corinthians 10:9 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 10:9 in context

  1. 7Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
  2. 8Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
  3. 9Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
  4. 10Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
  5. 11Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.