1 Corinthians 10:3-33

3and all 1ate the same spiritual food; 4and all 2drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was 3Christ. 5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for 4they were laid low in the wilderness.

6Now these things happened as 5examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as 6they also craved. 7Do not be 7idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “8The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to 9play.” 8Nor let us act immorally, as 10some of them 11did, and 12twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9Nor let us try the Lord, as 13some of them 14did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10Nor 15grumble, as some of them 16did, and 17were destroyed by the 18destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as an 19example, and 20they were written for our instruction, upon whom 21the ends of the ages have come. 12Therefore let him who 22thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and 23God is faithful, who will not allow you to be 24tempted 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.

14Therefore, my 25beloved, flee from 26idolatry. 15I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. 16Is not the 27cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the 2829bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Since there is one 30bread, we 31who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one 32bread. 18Look at 33the nation 34Israel; are not those who 35eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? 19What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or 36that an idol is anything? 20No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they 37sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. 2138You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and 39the table of demons. 22Or do we 40provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not 41stronger than He, are we?

2342All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things 43edify. 24Let no one 44seek his own good, but that of his 45neighbor. 2546Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience’ sake; 2647for the earth is the Lord’s, and 48all it contains. 27If 49one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, 50eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience’ sake. 28But 51if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience’ sake; 29I mean not your own conscience, but the other man’s; for 52why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30If I partake with thankfulness, 53why am I slandered concerning that for which I 54give thanks?

31Whether, then, you eat or drink or 55whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 3256Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to 57the church of God; 33just as I also 58please all men in all things, 59not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, 60so that they may be saved.