What does 1 Corinthians 10:6 mean?

1 Corinthians 10:6 highlights themes such as example, temptation, warning when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Corinthians 10:6 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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

7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

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James 1:14
Both verses address the nature of temptation and the human tendency to succumb to it.