1 Corinthians 10:5-22

5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for 1they were laid low in the wilderness.

6Now these things happened as 2examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as 3they also craved. 7Do not be 4idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “5The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to 6play.” 8Nor let us act immorally, as 7some of them 8did, and 9twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9Nor let us try the Lord, as 10some of them 11did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10Nor 12grumble, as some of them 13did, and 14were destroyed by the 15destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as an 16example, and 17they were written for our instruction, upon whom 18the ends of the ages have come. 12Therefore let him who 19thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and 20God is faithful, who will not allow you to be 21tempted 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 22beloved, flee from 23idolatry. 15I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. 16Is not the 24cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the 2526bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Since there is one 27bread, we 28who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one 29bread. 18Look at 30the nation 31Israel; are not those who 32eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? 19What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or 33that an idol is anything? 20No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they 34sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. 2135You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and 36the table of demons. 22Or do we 37provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not 38stronger than He, are we?