1 Corinthians 10

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

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

2 and all were baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

and were all baptized into Moses by the cloud and by the sea;

3 and all ate the same spiritual food,

and did all eat the same spiritual food;

4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed [them]: (now the rock was the Christ; )

and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them: and that rock was an emblem of Christ.

5 yet God was not pleased with the most of them, for they were strewed in the desert.

But with the greater part of them God was displeased: for they were destroyed in the wilderness.

6 But these things happened [as] types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.

Now these things were examples for us, that we might not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

And be ye not idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play."

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

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

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

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted Him, and were destroyed by serpents: nor murmur,

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.

as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened to them [as] types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. (aiōn g165)

Now all these things happened to them as examples: and are written for our admonition, on whom the last ages are come. (aiōn g165)

12 So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

Wherefore let him, that thinks he standeth, take heed least he fall.

13 No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it].

No temptation has yet taken you but what is common to man: and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to sustain; but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

14 Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, flee from idolatry.

15 I speak as to intelligent [persons]: do ye judge what I say.

I speak to you as to men of understanding: and judge ye what I say,

16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not [the] communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not [the] communion of the body of the Christ?

---The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

17 Because we, [being] many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf.

For the bread is one, and we though many are one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

18 See Israel according to flesh: are not they who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?

Consider Israel according to the flesh, Are not they, that eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar?

19 What then do I say? that what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that what is sacrificed to an idol is in itself any thing to stumble at?

20 But that what [the nations] sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.

No: but this I say, that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God.

21 Ye cannot drink [the] Lord's cup, and [the] cup of demons: ye cannot partake of [the] Lord's table, and of [the] table of demons.

And I would not have you partakers with demons. Ye cannot drink of the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

23 All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.

If all things be lawful for me, yet all things are not expedient: all things may be lawful for me, but all things do not edify.

24 Let no one seek his own [advantage], but that of the other.

Let no one seek his own only, but every one another's benefit.

25 Everything sold in the shambles eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.

Eat then whatever is sold in the shambles, asking no questions for conscience sake:

26 For the earth [is] the Lord's and its fulness.

for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

27 But if any one of the unbelievers invite you, and ye are minded to go, all that is set before you eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.

and if any of the unbelievers invite you to an entertainment, and ye have a mind to go, whatever is set before you, eat, asking no questions for conscience-sake.

28 But if any one say to you, This is offered to holy purposes, do not eat, for his sake that pointed it out, and conscience sake;

But if any one say to you, This hath been sacrificed to an idol, ---eat it not; for his sake who informed thee, and for conscience-sake: for, as I said, the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof, so that thou mayst have food enough without it.

29 but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's; for why is my liberty to be judged by another man's conscience?

30 If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I spoken evil of for what I give thanks for?

And if I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for that, for which I give thanks?

31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all things to God's glory.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

32 Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God.

Behave inoffensively both to the Jews, and to the Greeks, and to the church of God.

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

Even as I also endeavour to please all men in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.