1 Corinthians 10:7

7 1Do not be idolaters 2as some of them were; as it is written, 3"The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

1 Corinthians 10:7 In-Context

5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.
7 Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."
8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,

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