1 Corinthians 10
1I want you to bear in mind, Brothers, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
4and all drank the same supernatural water, for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which followed them, and that rock was the Christ.
6Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our forefathers longed.
7Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says — ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.’
8Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.
9Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they ‘were, one after another, destroyed by the snakes.’
11These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.
13No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.
16In the Cup of Blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the Bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the Body of the Christ?
20No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles ‘are offered to demons and to a Being who is no God,’ and I do not want you to share with demons.
21You cannot drink both the Cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the Table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
23Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.
27If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.
28But, if any one should say to you ‘This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,’ then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.
29I do not say ‘your’ scruples, but ‘his.’ For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?
30If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?
33for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.
Copyright information for
20C