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1 Corinthians 10

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1 Brothers and sisters, I want you to be sure of the fact that our ancestors were all under the cloud and they all went through the sea.

2 All were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

3 All ate the same spiritual food,

4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

5 However, God was unhappy with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness.

6 These things were examples for us, so we won't crave evil things like they did.

7 Don't worship false gods like some of them did, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink and they got up to play.

8 Let's not practice sexual immorality, like some of them did, and twenty-three thousand died in one day.

9 Let's not test Christ, like some of them did, and were killed by the snakes.

10 Let's not grumble, like some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.

11 These things happened to them as an example and were written as a warning for us to whom the end of time has come.

12 So those who think they are standing need to watch out or else they may fall.

13 No temptation has seized you that isn't common for people. But God is faithful. He won't allow you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead, with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it.

14 So then, my dear friends, run away from the worship of false gods!

15 I'm talking to you like you are sensible people. Think about what I'm saying.

16 Isn't the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn't the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

17 Since there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are one body, because we all share the one loaf of bread.

18 Look at the people of Israel. Don't those who eat the sacrifices share from the altar?

19 What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to a false god is anything, or that a false god is anything?

20 No, but this kind of sacrifice is sacrificed to demons and not to God. I don't want you to be sharing in demons.

21 You can't drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you can't participate in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

22 Or should we make the Lord jealous? We aren't stronger than he is, are we?

23 Everything is permitted, but everything isn't beneficial. Everything is permitted, but everything doesn't build others up.

24 No one should look out for their own advantage, but they should look out for each other.

25 Eat everything that is sold in the marketplace, without asking questions about it because of your conscience.

26 The earth and all that is in it belong to the Lord.

27 If an unbeliever invites you to eat with them and you want to go, eat whatever is served, without asking questions because of your conscience.

28 But if someone says to you, "This meat was sacrificed in a temple," then don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.

29 Now when I say "conscience" I don't mean yours but the other person's. Why should my freedom be judged by someone else's conscience?

30 If I participate with gratitude, why should I be blamed for food I thank God for?

31 So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, you should do it all for God's glory.

32 Don't offend either Jews or Greeks, or God's church.

33 This is the same thing that I do. I please everyone in everything I do. I don't look out for my own advantage, but I look out for many people so that they can be saved.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that all our ancestors [who left Egypt] were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea.

2 They were all united with Moses by baptism in the cloud and in the sea.

3 All of them ate the same spiritual food,

4 and all of them drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them, and that rock was Christ.

5 Yet, God was not pleased with most of them, so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert.

6 These things have become examples for us so that we won't desire what is evil, as they did.

7 So don't worship false gods as some of them did, as Scripture says, "The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy."

8 We shouldn't sin sexually as some of them did. Twenty-three thousand of them died on one day.

9 We shouldn't put the Lord to the test as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.

10 Don't complain as some of them did. The angel of death destroyed them.

11 These things happened to make them an example for others. These things were written down as a warning for us who are living in the closing days of history.

12 So, people who think they are standing firmly should be careful that they don't fall.

13 There isn't any temptation that you have experienced which is unusual for humans. God, who faithfully keeps his promises, will not allow you to be tempted beyond your power to resist. But when you are tempted, he will also give you the ability to endure the temptation as your way of escape.

14 Therefore, my dear friends, get as far away from the worship of false gods as you can.

15 I'm talking to intelligent people. Judge for yourselves what I'm saying.

16 When we bless the cup of blessing aren't we sharing in the blood of Christ? When we break the bread aren't we sharing in the body of Christ?

17 Because there is one loaf, we are one body, although we are many individuals. All of us share one loaf.

18 Look at the people of Israel from a human point of view. Don't those who eat the sacrifices share what is on the altar?

19 Do I mean that an offering made to a false god is anything, or that a false god itself is anything?

20 Hardly! What I am saying is that these sacrifices which people make are made to demons and not to God. I don't want you to be partners with demons.

21 You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons. You cannot participate at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.

22 Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?

23 Someone may say, "I'm allowed to do anything," but not everything is helpful. I'm allowed to do anything, but not everything encourages growth.

24 People should be concerned about others and not just about themselves.

25 Eat anything that is sold in the market without letting your conscience trouble you.

26 Certainly, "The earth is the Lord's and everything it contains is his."

27 If an unbeliever invites you [to his house for dinner], and you wish to go, eat anything he serves you without letting your conscience trouble you.

28 However, if someone says to you, "This was sacrificed to a god," don't eat it because of the one who informed you and because of conscience.

29 I'm not talking about your conscience but the other person's conscience. Why should my freedom be judged by someone else's conscience?

30 If I give thanks to God for the food I eat, why am I condemned for that?

31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to the glory of God.

32 Don't cause others to stumble, whether they are Jewish, Greek, or members of God's church.

33 I try to please everyone in every way. I don't think about what would be good for me but about what would be good for many people so that they might be saved.