1Corinthians 10
10Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the fact that all of our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud. They all went through the sea,G1161G80G2309G3756G5209G50G3754G3956G2257G3962G2258G5259G3507G2532G3956G1330G1223G22812and they all were immersed into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.G2532G907G3956G907G1519G3475G1722G3507G2532G1722G22813They all ate the same spiritual foodG2532G5315G3956G5315G846G4152G10334and drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual rock that went with them. That rock was the Messiah.G2532G4095G3956G4095G846G4152G4188G1063G4095G1537G4152G4073G190G1161G4073G2258G55475But God wasn't pleased with most of those people, and so they were struck down in the wilderness.4G235G1722G4119G846G2316G2106G3756G2106G1063G2693G1722G20486Now their experiences serve as examples for us so that we won't set our hearts on evil as they did.G1161G5023G1096G2257G5179G1519G2248G1511G3361G2556G1938G2531G2548G19377Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."G3366G1096G1496G2531G5100G846G5613G1125G2992G2523G5315G2532G4095G2532G450G38158Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.G3366G4203G2531G5100G846G4203G2532G4098G1722G3391G2250G5140G1501G55059Let's stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.G3366G1598G5547G2531G5100G846G2532G3985G2532G622G5259G378910You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.G3366G1111G2531G5100G846G2532G1111G2532G622G5259G364411These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the culmination of the ages has been attained.G1161G3956G5023G4819G1565G5179G1161G1125G4314G2257G3559G1519G3739G5056G165G265812Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn't fall.G5620G991G1380G2476G991G3361G409813No temptation has overtaken you that is unusual for human beings. But God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. Instead, along with the temptation he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to endure it.G2983G3756G3986G2983G5209G1508G442G1161G2316G4103G3739G1439G3756G1439G5209G3985G5228G3739G1410G235G4160G4862G3986G2532G4160G1545G5209G1410G529714And so, my dear friends, keep on running away from idolatry.G1355G3450G27G5343G575G149515I am talking to sensible people. Apply what I am saying to yourselves.G3004G5613G5429G2919G5210G3739G534616The cup of blessing that we bless is a sign of our sharing in the blood of the Messiah, isn't it? The bread that we break is a sign of our sharing in the body of the Messiah, isn't it -G4221G2129G3739G2127G2076G3780G2842G129G5547G740G3739G2806G2076G3780G2842G4983G554717Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because all of us eat from the same loaf.G3754G2070G4183G2070G1520G740G1520G4983G1063G3348G3956G3348G1537G1520G74018Look at the Israelites from a human point of view. Those who eat the sacrifices share in what is on the altar, don't they -G991G2474G2596G4561G1526G3780G1526G2068G2378G2844G237919Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything -G5101G5346G3767G3754G1497G2076G5100G2228G3754G1494G2076G510020Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons.G235G3754G3739G1484G2380G2380G1140G2532G3756G2316G1161G2309G3756G5209G1096G2844G114021You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot dine with the Lord and dine with demons,G3756G1410G4095G4221G2962G2532G4221G1140G3756G1410G3348G2962G5132G2532G5132G114022or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we are stronger than he is?G2228G3863G2962G3863G2070G3361G2478G84623Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up.G3956G1832G3427G235G3956G4851G3756G4851G3956G1832G3427G235G3956G3618G375624No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's.10G2212G3367G2212G1438G235G1538G208725Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it on the grounds of conscience,G3956G4453G1722G3111G2068G350G3367G350G1223G4893G122326for "the earth and everything in it belong to the Lord."G1063G1093G2962G2532G4138G84627If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, raising no question on the grounds of conscience.G1161G1536G571G2564G5209G2532G2309G4198G3956G3908G5213G2068G350G3367G350G1223G4893G122328However, if someone says to you, "This was offered as a sacrifice," don't eat it, both out of consideration for the one who told you and also for the sake of conscience.G1161G1437G5100G2036G5213G5124G2076G1494G2068G3361G1223G1565G3377G2532G4893G1063G1093G2962G2532G4138G84629I mean, of course, his conscience, not yours. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else's conscience -G4893G1161G3004G3780G1438G235G2087G1063G2444G2919G3450G1657G2919G5259G243G489330If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for - 2910G1161G1487G1473G5485G3348G5101G987G5228G3739G1473G216831Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.G1535G3767G2068G1535G4095G1535G5100G4160G4160G3956G1519G1391G231632Don't become a stumbling block to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,G1096G677G2532G2453G2532G1672G2532G1577G231633just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved.G2531G2504G700G3956G3956G3361G2212G1683G4851G235G3588G4183G2443G4982
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