1 Corinthians 10:11 meaning and explanation

Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

1 Corinthians 10:11, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes to the church in Corinth, retelling Israel's wilderness failures from Exodus and Numbers to warn believers against idolatry and presumption. Verse 11 draws the lesson together: the judgments recorded in Scripture happened as examples and were written down to instruct those living at the climax of God's saving plan.

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