1 Corinthians 10:1–12

Warnings from Israel’s Past

10 Now I want you to know, * brothers, that our fathers a were all under the cloud, b all passed through the sea, c 2 and all were baptized d into Moses e in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food, f 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock g that followed them, and that rock was Christ. h 5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. i

6 Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire j evil things as they did. k l 7 Don’t become idolaters m as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play. n o p 8 Let us not commit sexual immorality q as some of them did, r and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead. s 9 Let us not test Christ as some of them did t and were destroyed by snakes. u 10 Nor should we complain v as some of them did, w x and were killed by the destroyer. y z 11 Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, a on whom the ends of the ages b have come. c 12 So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall. d