1 Corinthians 10:1-13

1For 1I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all 2under the cloud and all 3passed through the sea; 2and all were 4baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3and all 5ate the same spiritual food; 4and all 6drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was 7Christ. 5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for 8they were laid low in the wilderness.

6Now these things happened as 9examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as 10they also craved. 7Do not be 11idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “12The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to 13play.” 8Nor let us act immorally, as 14some of them 15did, and 16twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9Nor let us try the Lord, as 17some of them 18did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10Nor 19grumble, as some of them 20did, and 21were destroyed by the 22destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as an 23example, and 24they were written for our instruction, upon whom 25the ends of the ages have come. 12Therefore let him who 26thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and 27God is faithful, who will not allow you to be 28tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.