1 Corinthians 10:6 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

1 Corinthians 10:6

4 and all drank the same ^aspiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies ^awere scattered in the wilderness.

6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as ^athey also lusted.

7 ^aAnd do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, ^b“The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”

8 ^aNor let us commit sexual immorality, as ^bsome of them did, and ^cin one day twenty-three thousand fell;

9 nor let us¹ tempt Christ, as ^asome of them also tempted, and ^bwere destroyed by serpents;

10 nor complain, as ^asome of them also complained, and ^bwere destroyed by ^cthe destroyer.

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1 Corinthians 10:6

Were our examples (tupoi hmwn egenhqhsan). More exactly, examples for us (objective genitive hmwn, not subjective genitive, of us). The word tupoi (our types) comes from tuptw, to strike, and meant originally the mark of a blow as the print of the nails (John 20:25), then a figure formed by a blow like images of the gods (Acts 7:43), then an example to be imitated (I Peter 5:3; I Timothy 4:12; I Thessalonians 1:7; II Thessalonians 3:9), or to be avoided as here, and finally a type in a doctrinal sense (Romans 5:14; Hebrews 9:24).

To the intent we should not lust after (eiv to mh einai hmav epiqumhtav). Purpose expressed by eiv with the articular infinitive to einai and the accusative of general reference with epiqumhtav (lusters) in the predicate.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 10:6:

Romans 5:14
1 Corinthians 10:11
Philippians 3:17
Jude 1:5

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