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Berean Standard Bible

“These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.”

1 Corinthians 10:6

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Paul recounts Israel's failures in the wilderness: idolatry, sexual immorality, testing God and grumbling. He says these things happened as warnings.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

World English Bible (WEB)

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

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Empero estas cosas fueron en figura de nosotros, para que no codiciemos cosas malas, como ellos codiciaron.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

De aquí aprendemos una gran lección: que no debemos desear lo malo como ellos lo desearon.

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