📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 10:10
What does 1 Corinthians 10:10 mean?
"Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer."
— 1 Corinthians 10:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.”
Let us not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
Let us not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
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Biblical perspective
What does 10:10 mean in the Bible?
John 10:10 is one of the most well-known verses in the New Testament — and it's genuinely worth reading whether or not you found it through a number search.
Jesus says "I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly" — a direct statement about purpose, life, and the difference between what destroys and what gives life.
John 10:10
"The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly."
Psalm 10:17
"Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear."
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