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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

1 Corinthians 10:7

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1 Corinthians 10:7 (WEB)

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.”

Catechism · 1

  • §129Article 3 · Sacred ScriptureRead at vatican.va

    “Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11.

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Tertullian

  • “And when the gold out of the necklaces of the women and the rings of the men had been wholly smelted by fire, and there had come forth a calf-like head, to this figment Israel with one consent (abandoning God) gave honour, saying, “These are the gods who brought us from the land of Egypt.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxii. 4: comp. Acts vii. 38–41; 1 Cor. x. 7; Ps. cvi. 19–22.

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  • ““The people did eat and drink, and they arose to play.”” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. x. 7 with Ex. xxxii. 6.

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  • “Hence also, every artificer of an idol is guilty of one and the same crime, unless, the People which consecrated for itself the likeness of a calf, and not of a man, fell short of incurring the guilt of idolatry.” — editor's note: See Ex. xxxii.; and compare 1 Cor. x. 7, where the latter part of Ex. xxxii. 6 is quoted.

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  • “Should I now commit the same sins as the people, shall I have to suffer the same penalties, or not?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 7–10.

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Augustine of Hippo

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:7 takes up the words of Exodus 32:6 (13 words in common).

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