Sha'ul's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 10
{10:1} Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers
were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; {10:2} and
were all immersed into Moshe in the cloud and in the sea; {10:3} and
all ate the same spiritual food; {10:4} and all drank the same
spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed
them, and the rock was Messiah. {10:5} However with most of them, God
was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
{10:6} Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not
lust after evil things, as they also lusted. {10:7} Neither be
idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat
down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." {10:8} Neither let us
commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day
twenty-three thousand fell. {10:9} Neither let us test the Lord, as
some of them tested, and perished by the serpents. {10:10} Neither
grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
{10:11} Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and
they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages
have come. {10:12} Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful
that he doesn't fall.
{10:13} No temptation has taken you but such as man can bear. God is
faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are
able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that
you may be able to endure it. {10:14} Therefore, my beloved, flee from
idolatry. {10:15} I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say. {10:16}
The cup of blessing which we bless, isn't it a communion of the blood
of Messiah? The bread which we break, isn't it a communion of the body
of Messiah? {10:17} Because we, who are many, are one bread, one body;
for we all partake of the one bread. {10:18} Consider Yisra'el after
the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices have communion with the
altar?
{10:19} What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is
anything, or that an idol is anything? {10:20} But I say that the
things which the Goyim sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to
God, and I don't desire that you would have communion with demons.
{10:21} You can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of
demons. You can't both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the
table of demons. {10:22} Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we
stronger than he? {10:23} "All things are lawful for me," but not all
things are profitable. "All things are lawful for me," but not all
things build up. {10:24} Let no one seek his own, but each one his
neighbor's good. {10:25} Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat,
asking no question for the sake of conscience, {10:26} for "the
[1>]eretz[<1] is the Lord's, and its fullness." {10:27} But if one of
those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to
go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake
of conscience. {10:28} But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to
idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the
sake of conscience. For "the [2>]eretz[<2] is the Lord's, and all its
fullness." {10:29} Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's
conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
{10:30} If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for that
for which I give thanks? {10:31} Whether therefore you eat, or drink,
or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. {10:32} Give no
occasions for stumbling, either to Yehudim, or to Yevanim, or to the
assembly of God; {10:33} even as I also please all men in all things,
not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may
be saved.
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Footnotes:
[1] {10:26} earth
[2] {10:28} earth
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