“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.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Corinthians 10 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.