{"book":"1 Corinthians","slug":"1-corinthians","ch":10,"genre":"letter","sub":"1 Corinthians","prev":"1-corinthians/9","next":"1-corinthians/11","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and [that] they all passed through the sea.","f":[],"h":"Warnings from Israel’s Past","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"They all ate the same spiritual food","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from [the] spiritual rock that accompanied them, and [that] rock was Christ.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they [did].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"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.”","f":["Or to play; Exodus 32:6"]},{"v":8,"t":"We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them [did], and in one day twenty-three thousand [of them] died.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"We should not test Christ, as some of them [did], and were killed by snakes.","f":["WH, NE, and Tischendorf test the Lord"]},{"v":10,"t":"And do not complain, as some of them [did], and were killed by the destroying angel.","f":["Literally the destroyer"]},{"v":11,"t":"Now these things happened to them [as] examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"So the [one who] thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. 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 an escape, so that you can stand up under [it].","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.","f":[],"h":"Flee from Idolatry","style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"I speak to reasonable [people]; judge for yourselves what I say.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? [And] is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"Because [there is] one loaf, [we who are] many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"No, [but] [the] sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"You cannot drink [the] cup of [the] Lord and [the] cup of demons [too]; you cannot partake in [the] table of [the] Lord and [the] table of demons {too}.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"Are we trying to provoke the Lord {to jealousy}? Are we stronger than He?","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"“ Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial.“ Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.","f":["Or “All things are lawful,” twice in this verse"],"h":"All to God’s Glory","style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"No one should seek his own [good], but [the good] of others.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Eat anything sold in [the] meat market without raising questions of conscience,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"for,“ The earth [is] the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”","f":["Psalm 24:1"]},{"v":27,"t":"If an unbeliever invites you {to a meal} and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"But if someone tells you,“ This [food] was offered to idols,” {then do} not eat [it], for the sake of the one who told [you] and for the sake of conscience —","f":["BYZ and TR and for the sake of conscience—for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof—"]},{"v":29,"t":"the other [one’s] [ conscience ], I mean, not your own. For why {should} my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"If I partake [in the meal] with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?","f":[]},{"v":31,"t":"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":32,"t":"Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews [or] Greeks [or] the church of God —","f":[]},{"v":33,"t":"as I also [try to] please everyone in all [I do]. [For] I am not seeking my [own] good, but [the good] of many, that they may be saved.","f":[]}]}