1 Corinthians 10:6

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

5 However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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

7 Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”

8 Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

WEB World English Bible: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
KJV King James Version: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
ASV American Standard Version: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.
DBY Darby Translation: But these things happened [as] types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.
WBS Webster Bible: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.