1 Corinthians 10:7-33

7Do not be 1idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “2The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to 3play.” 8Nor let us act immorally, as 4some of them 5did, and 6twenty-three thousand fell in one day. 9Nor let us try the Lord, as 7some of them 8did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10Nor 9grumble, as some of them 10did, and 11were destroyed by the 12destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as an 13example, and 14they were written for our instruction, upon whom 15the ends of the ages have come. 12Therefore let him who 16thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and 17God is faithful, who will not allow you to be 18tempted 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 19beloved, flee from 20idolatry. 15I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. 16Is not the 21cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the 2223bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Since there is one 24bread, we 25who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one 26bread. 18Look at 27the nation 28Israel; are not those who 29eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? 19What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or 30that an idol is anything? 20No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they 31sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. 2132You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and 33the table of demons. 22Or do we 34provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not 35stronger than He, are we?

2336All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things 37edify. 24Let no one 38seek his own good, but that of his 39neighbor. 2540Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience’ sake; 2641for the earth is the Lord’s, and 42all it contains. 27If 43one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, 44eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience’ sake. 28But 45if 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 46why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30If I partake with thankfulness, 47why am I slandered concerning that for which I 48give thanks?

31Whether, then, you eat or drink or 49whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 3250Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to 51the church of God; 33just as I also 52please all men in all things, 53not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, 54so that they may be saved.