1 Corinthians 10:6

1 Corinthians 10:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
• New International Version (NIV)Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

Context of 1 Corinthians 10:6

4and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for their dead bodies were spread out in the wilderness. Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they indeed craved them. 7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.” 8Nor are we to commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

1 Corinthians 10:6 word by word

ταῦτα δὲ τύποι ἡμῶν ἐγενήθησαν εἰς τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐπιθυμητὰς κακῶν καθὼς κἀκεῖνοι ἐπεθύμησαν.Read the interlinear

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• happenedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• for us, soεἰςeis · towardG1519
• we would not craveεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• we would not craveἐπιθυμητήςepithumētēs · one who desiresG1938
• evilκακόςkakos · evil/harm: evilG2556
• thingsκακόςkakos · evil/harm: evilG2556
• they indeedκἀκεῖνοςkakeinos · and that oneG2548
• cravedἐπιθυμέωepithumeō · to long forG1937

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:6

• 1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
• Zephaniah 3:6“I have eliminated nations; Their corner towers are deserted. I have laid waste their streets, With no one passing by; Their cities have been laid waste, Without a person, without an inhabitant.
• Hebrews 4:11Therefore let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.
• 2 Peter 2:6and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example of what is coming for the ungodly;
• Jude 1:7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
• Romans 5:14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the violation committed by Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
• Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a holy place made by hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
• 1 Peter 3:21Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Numbers 11:4Now the rabble who were among them had greedy cravings; and the sons of Israel also wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?
• Psalms 78:27When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,
• Psalms 106:14But became lustfully greedy in the wilderness, And put God to the test in the desert.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6These things were our examples - The punishments which God inflicted on them furnish us with evidences of what God will inflict upon us, if we sin after the similitude of those transgressors. We should not lust after evil things - It is most evident that the apostle refers here to the history in Numbers 11:4, etc.: And the mixed multitude fell a lusting, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? Into the same spirit the Corinthians had most evidently…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Now these things - The judgments inflicted on them by God for their sins. Were our examples - Greek: “types” ( ́ tupoi). Margin, “figures.” They were not designed to be types of us, but they are to be held up as furnishing an admonition to us, or a warning that we do not sin in the same way. The same God directs our affairs that ordered theirs; and if we sin as they did, we also must expect to be punished, and excluded from the favor of God, and from…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence, therefore should be checked in their first rise. Let us fear the sins of Israel, if we would shun their plagues. And it is but just to fear, that such as tempt Christ, will be left by him in the power of the old serpent. Murmuring against God's disposals and commands, greatly provokes him. Nothing in Scripture is written in vain; and it is our wisdom and duty to learn from it. Others have fallen, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6evil things: see Numbers 11:4–6, 34.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. were--Greek, "came to pass as." our examples--samples to us of what will befall us, if we also with all our privileges walk carelessly. lust--the fountain of all the four other offenses enumerated, and therefore put first (Jas 1:14, 15; compare Psa 106:14). A particular case of lust was that after flesh, when they pined for the fish, leeks, &c., of Egypt, which they had left (Nu 11:4, 33, 34). These are included in the "evil things," not that they are…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 10:6

• Backsliders
• Example
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In the dictionaries

• Admonition
• Lust
• Meekness
• Type
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• Covet
• Evil Thing
• Example
• Inspiration
• Intend; Intent

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings