1 Corinthians 10

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(Numbers 16:41–50; Numbers 25:1–5)

I do not wantG3756G2309 youG4771 to be unawareG50, brothersG80, thatG3754 ourG1473 forefathersG3962 wereG1510 allG3956 underG5259 theG3588 cloudG3507, andG2532 that they allG3956 passedG1330 throughG1223 theG3588 seaG2281. 2They were all baptizedG3956G907 intoG1519 MosesG3475 inG1722 theG3588 cloudG3507 andG2532 inG1722 theG3588 seaG2281. 3They allG3956 ateG5315 theG3588 sameG846 spiritualG4152 foodG1033 4andG2532 drankG4095 theG3588 sameG846 spiritualG4152 drinkG4188; forG1063 they drankG4095 fromG1537 the spiritualG4152 rockG4073 that accompanied themG190, andG1161 that rockG4073 wasG1510 ChristG5547. 5NeverthelessG235, GodG2316 was not pleasedG3756G2106 withG1722 mostG4119 of themG846, forG1063 they were struck downG2693 inG1722 theG3588 wildernessG2048.

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These thingsG3778 took placeG1096 as examplesG5179 to keepG1519 usG1473 from cravingG3361G3588G1510G1938 evil thingsG2556 asG2531 theyG2548 did. 7Do not beG3366G1096 idolatersG1496, asG2531 someG5100 of themG846 were. AsG5618 it is writtenG1125: “TheG3588 peopleG2992 sat downG2523 to eatG5315 andG2532 drinkG4095 andG2532 got upG450 to indulge in revelryG3815.”1 8We should not commit sexual immoralityG3366G4203, asG2531 someG5100 of themG846 did, andG2532 in oneG1520 dayG2250 twenty-threeG1501G5140 thousandG5505 of them diedG4098. 9We should not testG1598 ChristG5547,2 asG2531 someG5100 of themG846 did, andG2532 were killedG622 byG5259 snakesG3789. 10And do not complainG3366G1111, asG2509 someG5100 of themG846 did, andG2532 were killedG622 byG5259 theG3588 destroying angelG3644.3

11NowG1161 these thingsG3778 happenedG4819 to themG1565 as examplesG5179 andG1161 were written downG1125 as warningsG3559 forG4314 usG1473, onG1519 whomG3739 theG3588 fulfillmentG5056 of theG3588 agesG165 has comeG2658. 12SoG5620 theG3588 one who thinksG1380 he is standing firmG2476 should be carefulG991 notG3361 to fallG4098. 13NoG3756 temptationG3986 has seizedG2983 youG4771 exceptG1487G3361 what is common to manG442. AndG1161 GodG2316 is faithfulG4103; He will not letG3756G1439 youG4771 be temptedG3985 beyondG5228 whatG3739 you can bearG1410. ButG235 whenG4862 you are temptedG3986, He will also provideG4160G2532 an escapeG1545, so that you canG1410 stand up underG5297 it.

Flee from Idolatry

(Exodus 20:22–26)

14ThereforeG1355, myG1473 belovedG27, fleeG5343 fromG575 idolatryG1495. 15I speakG3004G5613 to reasonableG5429 people; judgeG2919 for yourselvesG4771 whatG3739 I sayG5346. 16IsG1510 notG3780 theG3588 cupG4221 of blessingG2129 thatG3739 we blessG2127 a participationG2842 in theG3588 bloodG129 of ChristG5547? And isG1510 notG3780 theG3588 breadG740 thatG3739 we breakG2806 a participationG2842 in theG3588 bodyG4983 of ChristG5547? 17BecauseG3754 there is oneG1520 loafG740, we who are manyG4183 areG1510 oneG1520 bodyG4983; forG1063 we all partakeG3956G3348 ofG1537 theG3588 oneG1520 loafG740.

18ConsiderG991 the peopleG2596G4561 of IsraelG2474: AreG1510 notG3756 those whoG3588 eatG2068 theG3588 sacrificesG2378 fellow partakersG2844 in theG3588 altarG2379? 19Am I suggestingG5346, thenG3767, thatG3754 food sacrificed to an idolG1494 isG1510 anythingG5100, orG2228 thatG3754 an idolG1497 isG1510 anythingG5100? 20NoG235, but the sacrificesG2380 of pagansG1484 are offeredG2380 to demonsG1140, notG3756 to GodG2316. AndG1161 I do not wantG3756G2309 youG4771 to beG1096 participantsG2844 with demonsG1140. 21You cannotG3756G1410 drinkG4095 the cupG4221 of the LordG2962 andG2532 the cupG4221 of demonsG1140 too; you cannotG3756G1410 partakeG3348 in the tableG5132 of the LordG2962 andG2532 the tableG5132 of demons tooG1140. 22Are we trying to provokeG3863 theG3588 Lord to jealousyG2962? Are weG1510G3361 strongerG2478 than HeG846?

All to God’s Glory

(1 Peter 4:1–11)

23“EverythingG3956 is permissibleG1832,”4 butG235 notG3756 everythingG3956 is beneficialG4851. “EverythingG3956 is permissibleG1832,” butG235 notG3756 everythingG3956 is edifyingG3618. 24No oneG3367 should seekG2212 his ownG1438 good, butG235 the good of othersG2087.

25EatG2068 anythingG3956 soldG4453 inG1722 the meat marketG3111 withoutG3367 raising questionsG350 ofG1223 conscienceG4893, 26forG1063, “TheG3588 earthG1093 is theG3588 Lord’sG2962, andG2532 theG3588 fullnessG4138 thereofG846.”5

27IfG1487 anG5100 unbelieverG571 invitesG2564 you to a mealG4771 andG2532 you wantG2309 to goG4198, eatG2068 anythingG3956 set beforeG3908 youG4771 withoutG3367 raising questionsG350 ofG1223 conscienceG4893. 28ButG1161 ifG1437 someoneG5100 tellsG2036 youG4771, “ThisG3778 food wasG1510 offered to idolsG1494,” then do notG3361 eatG2068 it, for the sake ofG1223 the oneG1565 whoG3588 toldG3377 you andG2532 for the sake of conscienceG4893—6 29theG3588 otherG2087 one’s conscience, I meanG3004, notG3780 your ownG1438. ForG1063 whyG2443G5101 should myG1473 freedomG1657 be determinedG2919 byG5259 someone else’sG243 conscienceG4893? 30IfG1487 IG1473 partakeG3348 in the meal with thankfulnessG5485, whyG5101 am I denouncedG987 because ofG5228 that for whichG3739 IG1473 give thanksG2168?

31SoG3767 whetherG1535 you eatG2068 orG1535 drinkG4095 orG1535 whateverG5100 you doG4160, doG4160 it allG3956 to theG1519 gloryG1391 of GodG2316. 32Do not become a stumbling blockG1096G677, whetherG2532 to JewsG2453 or GreeksG1672 or theG3588 churchG1577 of GodG2316— 33asG2531 I alsoG2504 try to pleaseG700 everyoneG3956 in allG3956 I do. For I am not seekingG3361G2212 myG1683 own goodG4851, butG235 the good of manyG4183, thatG2443 they may be savedG4982.