1 Corinthians 10
1 Moreouer, brethren, I woulde not that yee shoulde bee ignorant, that all our fathers were vnder that cloude, and all passed through that sea,
I want you to bear in mind, friends, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized vnto Moses, in that cloude, and in that sea,
that in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat,
and that they all ate the same supernatural food,
4 And did all drinke the same spirituall drinke (for they dranke of the spiritual Rocke that folowed them: and the Rocke was Christ)
and all drank the same supernatural water, for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which followed them, and that rock was the Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not pleased: for they were ouerthrowen in ye wildernes.
Yet with most of them God was displeased; for they were struck down in the desert.
6 Nowe these things are our ensamples, to the intent that we should not lust after euil things as they also lusted.
Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our ancestors longed.
7 Neither bee ye idolaters as were some of them, as it is written, The people sate downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.
Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says – “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.”
8 Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twentie thousand.
Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.
9 Neither let vs tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted him, and were destroyed of serpents.
Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they were, one after another, destroyed by snakes.
10 Neither murmure ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so were destroyed by the angel of death.
11 Nowe all these things came vnto them for ensamples, and were written to admonish vs, vpon whome the endes of the world are come. (aiōn g165)
These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come. (aiōn g165)
12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.
Therefore let the person who thinks that they stand take care that they do not fall.
13 There hath no tentation taken you, but such as appertaine to man: and God is faithfull, which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wil euen giue the issue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare it.
No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all humanity. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.
14 Wherefore my beloued, flee from idolatrie.
Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.
15 I speake as vnto them which haue vnderstanding: iugde ye what I say.
I speak to you as man of discernment; form your own judgment about what I am saying.
16 The cup of blessing which we blesse, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we breake, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
In the cup of blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the body of the Christ?
17 For we that are many, are one bread and one body, because we all are partakers of one bread.
The bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
18 Beholde Israel, which is after the flesh: are not they which eate of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices share with the altar?
19 What say I then? that the idole is any thing? or that that which is sacrificed to idoles, is any thing?
What do I mean? That an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?
20 Nay, but that these things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to deuils, and not vnto God: and I would not that ye should haue fellowship with the deuils.
No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles are offered to demons and to a being who is no God, and I do not want you to share with demons.
21 Ye can not drinke the cup of the Lord, and the cup of the deuils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lords table, and of the table of the deuils.
You cannot drink both the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
22 Doe we prouoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger then he?
Or are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord? Are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawfull for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawfull for me, but all things edifie not.
Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.
24 Let no man seeke his owne, but euery man anothers wealth.
A person must not study their own interests, but the interests of others.
25 Whatsoeuer is solde in the shambles, eate ye, and aske no question for conscience sake.
Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;
26 For the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is.
for the earth, with all that is in it, belongs to the Lord.
27 If any of them which beleeue not, call you to a feast, and if ye wil go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eate, asking no question for conscience sake.
If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.
28 But if any man say vnto you, This is sacrificed vnto idoles, eate it not, because of him that shewed it, and for the conscience (for the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is)
But, if anyone should say to you “This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,” then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.
29 And the conscience, I say, not thine, but of that other: for why should my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience?
I do not say your scruples, but his. For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?
30 For if I through Gods benefite be partaker, why am I euill spoken of, for that wherefore I giue thankes?
If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?
31 Whether therefore ye eate, or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honour of God.
32 Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:
Do not cause offence either to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God;
33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but do what is best for others, so that they may be saved.
