1 Corinthians 10:6

Contextual Overview

⁶ And these things that happened are examples for us. These examples should stop us from wanting evil things like those people did. ⁶ Now these things are warnings for us, not to desire evil as they did. ⁶ These are ensamples to vs that we shuld not lust after evyll thinges as they lusted ⁶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. ⁶ Now these things became examples for us so that we won't set our hearts on evil as they did.Numbers 11:4,33-34; Psalm 106:14;">[xr] ⁶ Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they indeed craved them.⁶ And these things happened as examples for us, to stop us from wanting evil things as those people did. ⁶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. ⁶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. ⁶ Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.

Bible Verse Review
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these: 1 Corinthians 10:11, Zephaniah 3:6, Zephaniah 3:7, Hebrews 4:11, 2 Peter 2:6, Jude 1:7

examples: Gr. figures, Romans 5:14, Hebrews 9:24, 1 Peter 3:21

lust: Numbers 11:4, Numbers 11:31-34, Psalms 78:27-31, Psalms 106:14, Psalms 106:15

Reciprocal: Numbers 11:34 - Kibrothhattaavah Numbers 26:10 - they became a sign Numbers 26:65 - They shall Deuteronomy 14:26 - thy soul Deuteronomy 24:9 - Remember Joshua 22:20 - General Judges 16:4 - he loved Psalms 78:18 - by asking meat Proverbs 5:14 - General Proverbs 21:10 - soul Proverbs 21:11 - the scorner Proverbs 24:32 - I looked Ezekiel 23:48 - that Luke 17:32 - General Romans 4:23 - General Colossians 3:5 - evil 1 John 2:16 - the lust of the flesh Revelation 18:14 - thy soul

Cross-References

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, looked at his naked father and told his brothers outside.

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw [by accident] the nakedness of his father, and [to his father's shame] told his two brothers outside.

Genesis 9:22
And whanne Cham, the fadir of Chanaan, hadde seien this thing, that is, that the schameful membris of his fadir weren maad nakid, he telde to hise tweye britheren with out forth.

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now these things were our examples,.... Or "types"; that is, these punishments which were inflicted on these persons for their sins, were designed as instructions for others to avoid the like sins, that they may escape the same punishment; just as the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, being condemned with an overthrow, as these men were, were made ensamples to all that should hereafter live such vicious lives and conversations; and in a very lively manner, as in a type or print, these exhibited the displeasure of God against sin, what such must expect who commit it; so men are called out of Babylon, lest, partaking of her sins, they also receive of her plagues. The Jews have a common saying s

שאירע לאבות סימן לבנים "that what happened to the fathers is a sign unto the children"; to which the apostle may have respect:

to the intent that we should not lust after evil things. The apostle proceeds to enter into particular instances, in which these things were examples, teaching us to avoid sin, and so punishment; and begins with lust, which is the root and foundation of all sin; all the evil in the world arises from it, and the world itself is full of it, and is in God's account the same as action: and here he particularly strikes at those Corinthians, that lusted after the feasts in the idols' temples; and hints that that arose rather from a carnal sensual appetite, which ought not to be indulged, than from any other principle:

as they also lusted; that is, after evil things, the fish, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, onions, and garlic of Egypt, Numbers 11:4 which though they were not evil in themselves, yet the Israelites sinned in lusting after them, in not being content with the manna, the food which God had prepared for them; and besides, their desire after these things did not arise from want, but from a sensual appetite, and was attended with murmuring against the Lord and his servants, and was highly resented; for though the Lord gave them flesh according to their desire, yet while it was between their teeth, he sent a plague among them, by which multitudes were taken off, and the name of the place was called קברות התאוה, "Kibroth Hataavah, the graves of lusts"; the people that lusted being buried there, Numbers 11:34.

s Tzeror Hammor, fol. 77. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now these things - The judgments inflicted on them by God for their sins.

Were our examples - Greek: “types” (τύποι 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 heaven.

Lust after evil things - Desire those things which are forbidden, and which would be injurious. They lusted after flesh, and God granted them their desires, and the consequence was a plague, and the destruction of multitudes Exodus 11:4. So Paul infers that the Corinthian Christians should not lust after, or desire the meat offered in sacrifice to idols, lest it should lead them also to sin and ruin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 10:6. These 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, c.: 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 fallen they lusted after the flesh in the idol feasts, and therefore frequented them to the great scandal of Christianity. The apostle shows them that their sin was of the same nature as that of the murmuring rebellious Israelites whom God so severely punished; and if he did not spare the natural branches, there was no likelihood that he should spare them.