1 Corinthians 10:1-22
“For I
do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our
ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the
sea.
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the
sea.
3 They all ate the same spiritual food
4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from THE SPIRITUAL ROCK that
accompanied them, and THAT
ROCK was CHRIST.
5 Nevertheless, GOD was not pleased with most of them;
their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting
our hearts on evil things as they did.
7 Do 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.’
8 We should not commit sexual
immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them
died.
9 We should not test CHRIST, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.
10 And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by
the destroying angel.
11 These things happened to them as examples and were written
down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you
don’t fall!
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common
to mankind. 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 a way out so that
you can endure it.
14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a
participation in the blood of CHRIST?
And
is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of CHRIST?
17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one
body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel:
Do
not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or
that an idol is anything?
20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not
to GOD, and
I do not want you to be participants with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of THE LORD and the cup of demons too; you cannot
have a part in both THE
LORD’s table and the table of demons.
22 Are we trying to arouse the LORD’s jealousy?
Are
we stronger than HE?”
