1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. |
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. |
3 They all ate the same spiritual food |
4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. |
5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert. |
6 Now these things occurred as examples1 10:6 Or types; also in verse 11 to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things 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 got up to indulge in pagan revelry."2 10:7 Exodus 32:6 |
8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did--and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. |
9 We should not test the Lord, as some of them did--and were killed by snakes. |
10 And do not grumble, as some of them did--and were killed by the destroying angel. |
11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. |
12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! |
13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. |
