1 Corinthians 10

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Warnings from Israel’s Past

¹I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

¹For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea.

²They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

²And all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

³They all ate the same spiritual food

³and all ate the same spiritual food,

⁴and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

⁴and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking from the spiritual rock accompanying them, and the rock was Christ.

⁵Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

⁵But God was not well pleased in most of them, for they were strewn in the wilderness.

⁶These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

⁶Now these things became types of us, for us not to be desirers of evil things, as those also desired.

⁷Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”^a

⁷And do not become idolaters, as some of them, just as it has been written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.”

⁸We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

⁸And we should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

⁹We should not test Christ,^a as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

⁹And we should not test Christ, as some of them tested, and were destroyed by serpents.

¹⁰And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.^a

¹⁰And do not grumble, as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

¹¹Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

¹¹Now these things happened to those as types and were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages have come.

¹²So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

¹²Therefore the one thinking to stand, let him observe, lest he fall.

¹³No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

¹³No temptation has overtaken you except what is human. And faithful is God, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but He will also provide with the temptation the escape, to be able to bear up under it.

Flee from Idolatry

¹⁴Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁵I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

¹⁵I speak as to sensible ones; judge for yourselves what I say.

¹⁶Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

¹⁶The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a fellowship of the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a fellowship of the body of Christ?

¹⁷Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

¹⁷Because there is one loaf, we the many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

¹⁸Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

¹⁸Consider Israel according to flesh: Are not those eating the sacrifices fellow sharers of the altar?

¹⁹Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

¹⁹Then what do I say? That what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

²⁰No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

²⁰No, but that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not want you to be fellow sharers with demons.

²¹You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

²¹You are not able to drink a cup of the Lord and a cup of demons. You are not able to partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

²²Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

²²Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

All to God’s Glory

²³“Everything is permissible,”^a but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

²³“All things are lawful,” but not all things are profitable; “All things are lawful,” but not all things edify.

²⁴No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

²⁴Let no one seek the good of himself, but that of the other.

²⁵Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

²⁵Eat everything being sold in the meat market, inquiring nothing because of conscience,

²⁶for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”^a

²⁶for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness of it.”

²⁷If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

²⁷If any of the unbelieving ones invites you, and you want to go, eat everything being set before you, inquiring nothing because of conscience.

²⁸But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—^a

²⁸But if anyone should say to you, “This is offered to an idol,” do not eat it, because of the one having informed you, and conscience—

²⁹the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

²⁹and I do not say your own conscience, but that of the other; for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?

³⁰If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, why am I spoken evil of for that for which I give thanks?

³¹So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

³¹Therefore whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all things to the glory of God.

³²Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

³²Be without offense both to Jews and to Greeks and to the church of God—

³³as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

³³even as I also please all in all things, not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.