1 Corinthians 10:6 (GNV)

Passage

Nowe these things are our ensamples, to the intent that we should not lust after euil things as they also lusted.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drinke the same spirituall drinke (for they dranke of the spiritual Rocke that folowed them: and the Rocke was Christ)

1 Corinthians 10:5 But with many of them God was not pleased: for they were ouerthrowen in ye wildernes.

1 Corinthians 10:6 Nowe these things are our ensamples, to the intent that we should not lust after euil things as they also lusted.

1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither bee ye idolaters as were some of them, as it is written, The people sate downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.

1 Corinthians 10:8 Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twentie thousand.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nowe", "things", "ensamples", "intent", "should", "lust", "after", and "euil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nowe" and "things", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "But with many of them God was..." into verse 7's "Neither bee ye idolaters as were some...", so "nowe" and "things" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nowe" and "things" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.