1 Corinthians 10
10 1For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers
were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2and were all
baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3and did all eat the
same spiritual food;
4and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for
they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
5Howbeit with most 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.
9Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them
made trial, and perished by the serpents.
10Neither murmur ye, as some of
them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
11Now these things happened
unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon
whom the ends of the ages are come.
12Wherefore let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall.
13There hath no temptation taken you but
such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the
way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
14Wherefore, my beloved,
flee from idolatry.
15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood
of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of
Christ?
17seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we
are all partake of the one bread.
18Behold Israel after the flesh: have
not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
19What say I
then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is
anything?
20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye
should have communion with demons.
21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord,
and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the
table of demons.
22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger
than he?
23All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All
things are lawful; but not all things edify.
24Let no man seek his own,
but each his neighbor's good.
25Whatsoever is sold in the
shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake,
26for the earth
is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
27If one of them that believe not
biddeth you to a feast, and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set
before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.
28But if any
man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake
that showed it, and for conscience sake:
29conscience, I say, not thine
own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for
which I give thanks?
31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever
ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32Give no occasions of stumbling,
either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
33even as I also
please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the
profit of the many, that they may be saved.
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