1Cor 10 | NASB1995 | STEP | For I do not want you to be unaware , brethren , that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea ;

1 Corinthians 10

Avoid Israel’s Mistakes

1 For ^aI do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all ^bunder the cloud and all ^cpassed through the sea; 2 and all were ^dbaptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and all ^eate the same spiritual food; 4 and all ^fdrank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was ^{▼▼ I.e. the Messiah}Christ. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for ^hthey were laid low in the wilderness.

6 Now these things happened as ⁱexamples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as ^jthey also craved. 7 Do not be ^kidolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, ^l“The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to ^m play.” 8 Nor let us act immorally, as ⁿsome of them ^{▼▼ Lit acted immorally}did, and ^ptwenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9 Nor let us try the Lord, as ^qsome of them ^{▼▼ Lit made trial}did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10 Nor ^sgrumble, as some of them ^{▼▼ Lit grumbled}did, and ^uwere destroyed by the ^vdestroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an ^wexample, and ^xthey were written for our instruction, upon whom ^ythe ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who ^zthinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and ^aaGod is faithful, who will not allow you to be ^abtempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

14 Therefore, my ^acbeloved, flee from ^adidolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. 16 Is not the ^aecup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the ^{▼▼ Lit loaf
,} ^agbread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Since there is one ^{▼▼ Lit loaf}bread, we ^aiwho are many are one body; for we all partake of the one ^{▼▼ Lit loaf}bread. 18 Look at ^{▼▼ Lit Israel according to the flesh}the nation ^alIsrael; are not those who ^ameat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? 19 What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or ^anthat an idol is anything? 20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they ^aosacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. 21 ^apYou cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^aqthe table of demons. 22 Or do we ^arprovoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not ^asstronger than He, are we?

23 ^atAll things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things ^auedify. 24 Let no one ^avseek his own good, but that of his ^{▼▼ Lit the other}neighbor. 25 ^axEat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience’ sake; 26 ^ay for the earth is the Lord’s, and ^{▼▼ Lit its fullness} all it contains. 27 If ^baone of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, ^bbeat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience’ sake. 28 But ^bcif anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience’ sake; 29 I mean not your own conscience, but the other man’s; for ^bdwhy is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, ^bewhy am I slandered concerning that for which I ^bfgive thanks?

31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or ^bgwhatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 ^bhGive no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to ^bithe church of God; 33 just as I also ^bjplease all men in all things, ^bknot seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, ^blso that they may be saved.