# 1 Corinthians 10 [[1 Cor 9|← 1 Corinthians 9]] | [[1 Corinthians]] | [[1 Cor 11|1 Corinthians 11 →]] *** # 1 Corinthians 10 (New English Translation) Learning from Israel's Failures ##### Chapter 10 ###### 1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, ###### 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, ###### 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, ###### 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. ###### 5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness. ###### 6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did. ###### 7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "**_The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play_**." ###### 8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and 23,000 died in a single day. ###### 9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes. ###### 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. ###### 11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come. ###### 12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall. ###### 13 No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it. ## Avoid Idol Feasts ###### 14 So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. ###### 15 I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say. ###### 16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? ###### 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread. ###### 18 Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? ###### 19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything? ###### 20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. ###### 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons. ###### 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?Live to Glorify God ###### 23 "Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up. ###### 24 Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person. ###### 25 Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience, ###### 26 for _the earth and its abundance are the Lord's_. ###### 27 If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience. ###### 28 But if someone says to you, "This is from a sacrifice," do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience-- ###### 29 I do not mean yours but the other person's. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience? ###### 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for? ###### 31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. ###### 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God, ###### 33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. *** [[1 Cor 9|← 1 Corinthians 9]] | [[1 Corinthians]] | [[1 Cor 11|1 Corinthians 11 →]]