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1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

KJV

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

Greek NT

Hæc autem in figura facta sunt nostri, ut non simus concupiscentes malorum, sicut et illi concupierunt.

Vulgate

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

ASV

Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things, as they also coveted.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
κακός
kakos
adjective · 50×
κἀκεῖνος
kakeinos
demonstrative · 24×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τύπος
tupos
noun · 15×
ἐπιθυμέω
epithumeo
verb · 16×
ἐπιθυμητής
epithumetes
noun · 1×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1094It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built,15 and then, that of the Apostles and the Fathers of the Church. This catechesis unveils what lay hidden under the letter of the Old Testament: the mystery of Christ. It is called "typological" because it reveals the newness of Christ on the basis of the "figures" (types) which announce…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:11 — Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
  • 1John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • 1Pet 3:21 — The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
  • 2Pet 2:6 — And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
  • Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
  • Deut 24:9 — Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
  • Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Josh 22:20 — Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
  • Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of ete
  • Judg 16:4 — And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
  • Luke 17:32 — Remember Lot’s wife.
  • Num 11:4 — And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
  • Num 11:4 — And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
  • Num 11:31 — And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, ro
  • Num 11:34 — And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
  • Num 26:10 — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
  • Prov 5:14 — I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
  • Prov 21:11 — When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
  • Ps 78:18 — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
  • Ps 78:27 — He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
  • Ps 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
  • Ps 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
  • Rev 18:14 — And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
  • Rom 4:23 — Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
  • Zeph 3:6 — I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
  • Zeph 3:6 — I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.