Read 1 Corinthians 10 at Bible Gateway.
1 Cor 10:1-17 chiastic structure:
1a) 1 Cor 10:1-4, All our fathers under the cloud + passed through the sea + partook of the same spiritual food and drink – which was of Christ;
1b) 1 Cor 10:5, With most of them God was not pleased, for their bodies were overthrown in the wilderness;
1c) 1 Cor 10:6a, Now these things became our examples;
central axis) 1 Cor 10:6b-10, To the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer;
2c) 1 Cor 10:11, These things happened to them as examples + were written for our admonition;
2b) 1 Cor 10:12-15, Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall;
2a) 1 Cor 10:16-17, Our cup + bread is of Christ/ we are one body partaking of one bread.
For further study:
1 corinthians 10, the fruit of faith
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