1 Corinthians 10:1-12

Wycliffe(i) 1 Britheren, Y nyle, that ye vnknowe, that alle oure fadris weren vndur cloude, and alle passiden the see; 2 and alle weren baptisid in Moises, in the cloude and in the see; 3 and alle eeten the same spiritual mete, 4 and alle drunken the same spiritual drynke; thei drunken of the spiritual stoon folewynge hem; and the stoon was Crist. 5 But not in ful manye of hem it was wel pleasaunt to God; for whi thei weren cast doun in desert. 6 But these thingis ben don in figure of vs, that we be not coueyteris of yuele thingis, as thei coueitiden. 7 Nether be ye maad idolatreris, as summe of hem; as it is writun, The puple sat to ete and drynke, and thei risen vp to pleie. 8 Nether do we fornycacioun, as summe of hem diden fornicacioun, and thre and twenti thousyndis weren deed in o dai. 9 Nethir tempte we Crist, as summe of hem temptiden, and perischiden of serpentis. 10 Nether grutche ye, as summe of hem grutchiden, and thei perischiden of a distrier. 11 And alle these thingis felliden to hem in figure; but thei ben writun to oure amendyng, in to whiche the endis of the worldis ben comun. 12 Therfor he that gessith hym, `that he stondith, se he, that he falle not.