10Verse 1+Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,Verse 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,Verse 3and all ate the same spiritual food,Verse 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.Verse 5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.Verse 6Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did.Verse 7So 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.”Verse 8We must not commit fornication as some of them did, and in a single day twenty-three thousand of them died.Verse 9We must not put+Christ to the test, as some of them did and were killed by serpents.Verse 10And do not grumble as some of them did and were killed by the destroyer.Verse 11Now+all these things happened to them as+examples, and they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.Verse 12Therefore whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.Verse 13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is+faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you can endure it.Verse 14Therefore, my beloved friends, flee from idolatry.Verse 15I am speaking as I would to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am saying.Verse 16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless the communion of the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break the communion of the body of Christ?Verse 17Because we, who are many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of the one bread.Verse 18Consider those who belong to Israel according to the flesh: Are they not united by eating the sacrifices of the altar?Verse 19What am I saying then? That+an idol is anything, or that food sacrificed to an idol is anything?Verse 20No, I am saying that what the pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.Verse 21You cannot drink both the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in both the table of the Lord and the table of demons.Verse 22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?
Do Everything for the Glory of God
Verse 23“All things are lawful+for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful+for me,” but not all things edify.Verse 24No one should seek his own good, but+each person should seek the good of others.Verse 25Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, questioning nothing for the sake of conscience,Verse 26for “the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.”Verse 27If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is set before you, questioning nothing for the sake of conscience.Verse 28But if someone says to you, “This meat was+sacrificed to an idol,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you and for the sake of+conscience; for “the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.”Verse 29But when I say “conscience,” I am not speaking about yoʋr own conscience, but the other person's conscience. For why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?Verse 30If I partake with thankfulness, why should I be criticized because of something for which I give thanks?Verse 31So whether you eat or drink or do anything, do it all for the glory of God.Verse 32Give no offense to Jews or Greeks or the church of God,Verse 33just as I also try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.