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Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
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A Culturally Relevant Warning
Commentators explain that Paul's warning was highly specific to his audience. Corinth was a city notorious for sexual immorality, to the point that prostitution was part of the worship in some pagan temples. By citing the Israelites' sin, Paul directly addressed a prevalent and dangerous temptation the Corinthian believers faced in their daily culture.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Neither let us commit fornication, etc. The case referred to here was that of the licentious intercourse with the daughters of Moab, refer…
Neither let us commit fornication (μηδε πορνευωμεν). More exactly, And let us cease practicing fornication as some were already do…
19th Century
Anglican
And fell in one day three and twenty thousand.—In Numbers 25:9 the statement is that twenty-four thousand perished. Vario…
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Baptist
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Fornication in God's p…
Paul then cites several OT incidents of what that lusting involved and warns against following the example of the Israelites. Many of them became i…
16th Century
Protestant
Neither let us commit fornication. Now he speaks of fornication, concerning which, as appears from historical accounts, great lic…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither let us commit fornication To which the Corinthians were much addicted: hence the apostle elsewhere, in this …
Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence; therefore, they should be checked when they first arise. Let us fear the sins of Israel if we want to a…
