1Cor 10 | NASB2020 | STEP | For I do not want you to be unaware , brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and they all passed through the sea ;

1 Corinthians 10

Avoid Israel’s Mistakes

1 For ^aI do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all ^bunder the cloud and they all ^cpassed through the sea; 2 and they all were ^dbaptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and they 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 pleased; for their dead bodies were ^hspread out in the wilderness.

6 Now these things happened as ⁱexamples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as ^jthey indeed craved them. 7 Do not be ^kidolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “ ^lThe people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to ^mplay.” 8 Nor are we to commit sexual immorality, as ⁿsome of them ^{▼▼Lit committed sexual immorality}did, and ^ptwenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9 Nor are we to put the Lord to the test, as ^qsome of them ^{▼▼Lit made trial}did, and were killed by the snakes. 10 Nor ^sgrumble, as some of them ^{▼▼Lit grumbled}did, and ^uwere killed 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 the one who ^zthinks he stands watch out that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and ^aaGod is faithful, ^{▼▼Lit who will not}so He will not allow you to be ^actempted 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 ^adbeloved, flee from ^aeidolatry. 15 I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say. 16 Is the ^afcup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the ^agbread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Since there is one loaf, we ^ahwho are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. 18 Look at ^{▼▼Lit Israel according to the flesh}the people of ^ajIsrael; are those who ^akeat the sacrifices not partners in the altar? 19 What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or ^althat an idol is ^{▼▼I.e., anything real}anything? 20 No, but I say that things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they ^ansacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons. 21 ^aoYou cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^apthe table of demons. 22 Or do we ^aqprovoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not ^arstronger than He, are we?

23 ^asAll things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things ^{▼▼Or edify
,} ^aubuild people up. 24 No one is to ^avseek his own advantage, but rather that of his ^{▼▼Lit the other}neighbor. 25 ^axEat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; 26 ^ayfor 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 the sake of conscience. 28 But ^bcif anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience; 29 Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for ^bdwhy is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, ^bewhy am I slandered about that for which I ^bfgive thanks?

31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or ^bgwhatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. 32 ^bhDo not offend Jews or Greeks, or ^bithe church of God; 33 just as I also ^bjplease everyone in all things, ^bknot seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, ^blso that they may be saved.