LO - I Corinthians - 10

10:1  Now, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea:

10:2  and all were immersed into Moses, in the cloud and in the sea;

10:3  and all did eat the same spiritual meat;

10:4  and all did drink the same spiritual drink; (for they drank of the spiritual rock, which followed them, and that rock was Christ.)

10:5  Nevertheless, with the greater part of them, God was not well pleased; for they were cast down in the wilderness.

10:6  Now, these things have become types to us, in order that we should not be lusters after evil things, even as they lusted.

10:7  Neither be you idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat, and to drink, and rose up to dance."

10:8  Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them committed whoredom, and fell, in one day, twenty-three thousand.

10:9  Neither let us grievously tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.

10:10  Neither murmur you, as even some of the murmured, and perished by the destroyer.

10:11  Now, all these things happened to them as types; and are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages are come.

10:12  Wherefore, let him who thinks he stands, take heed, lest he fall.

10:13  No trial has come upon you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tried above what you are able, but will, with the trial, also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear.

10:14  Wherefore, my beloved, fly from idolatry.

10:15  I speak as to wise men; judge you what I say.

10:16  The cup of blessing, which we bless; is it not the joint participation of the blood of Christ? The loaf, which we break; is it not the joint participation of the body of Christ?

10:17  Because there is one loaf, we, the many, are one body: for we all participate of that one loaf.

10:18  Look at Israel after the flesh. Are not they, who eat of the sacrifices, joint partakers of the altar?

10:19  What, then, do I affirm? that an idol is anything, or than an idol sacrifice is anything?

10:20  No. But, that what the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now, I would not have you become joint partakers with the demons.

10:21  You can not drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: you can not partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

10:22  Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

10:23  All things are lawful, but all are not expedient; all are lawful, but all do not edify.

10:24  Let no one seek his own, but that of his neighbor, also .

10:25  Whatever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question on account of conscience;

10:26  "for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof."

10:27  And if any of the unbelievers invite you, and you incline to go, whatever is set before you, eat; asking no question on account of conscience.

10:28  But if any one say to you, This is a thing sacrificed to an idol; do not eat, on account of him who showed it, and of conscience.

10:29  Now, I say conscience, not your own, but that of the other. But why is my liberty judged by another's conscience?

10:30  But if, by favor, I be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?

10:31  Whether, then, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

10:32  Be no occasion of stumbling; neither to the Jews, nor to the Greeks, nor to the congregation of God.

10:33  Even as I please all men in all things; not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they may be saved.