1 Corinthians 10:5–14

⁵Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased. For ^athey were ¹struck down in the wilderness.

⁶Now these things happened as ^aexamples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as ^bthey also craved.

⁷Do not be ^aidolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “^bThe people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to ^cplay.”

⁸Nor let us act in sexual immorality, as ^asome of them ¹did, and ^btwenty-three thousand fell in one day.

⁹Nor let us put Christ to the test, as ^asome of them ¹did, and were destroyed by the serpents.

¹⁰Nor ^agrumble, as some of them ¹did, and ^bwere destroyed by the ^cdestroyer.

¹¹Now these things happened to them as an ^aexample, and ^bthey were written for our instruction, upon whom ^cthe ends of the ages have arrived.

¹²Therefore let him who ^athinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

¹³No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, but ^aGod is faithful, who will not allow you to be ^btempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

¹⁴Therefore, my ^abeloved, flee from ^bidolatry.