1 Corinthians 10
1 And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
For I would have you remember, brethren, how our forefathers were all of them sheltered by the cloud, and all got safely through the Red Sea.
2 and all were immersed into Moses in the cloud, and in the sea;
All were baptized in the cloud and in the sea to be followers of Moses.
3 and all ate the same spiritual food,
All ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;
and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them--and that rock was the Christ.
5 but in the most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness,
But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert.
6 and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these desired.
And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil.
7 Neither become idolaters, as certain of them, as it has been written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play”;
And you must not be worshippers of idols, as some of them were. For it is written, "The People sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance."
8 neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them committed whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;
Nor may we be fornicators, like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day 23,000 of them fell dead.
9 neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them tempted, and perished by the serpents;
And do not let us test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents.
10 neither murmur, as also some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer.
11 And all these things happened to those persons as types, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages came, (aiōn g165)
All this kept happening to them with a figurative meaning; but it was put on record by way of admonition to us upon whom the ends of the Ages have come. (aiōn g165)
12 so that he who is thinking to stand—let him observe, lest he fall.
So then let him who thinks he is standing securely beware of falling.
13 No temptation has taken you—except that of man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted above what you are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear [it].
No temptation has you in its power but such as is common to human nature; and God is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. But, when the temptation comes, He will also provide the way of escape; so that you may be able to bear it.
14 For this reason, my beloved, flee from the idolatry;
Therefore, my dear friends, avoid all connection with the worship of idols.
15 as to wise men I speak—judge what I say.
I speak as to men of sense: judge for yourselves of what I say.
16 The cup of the blessing that we bless—is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? The bread that we break—is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?
The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ?
17 Because one bread, one body, are we the many—for we all partake of the one bread.
Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; we, all of us, share in that one loaf.
18 See Israel according to the flesh! Are those not eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?
Look at the Israelites--the nation and their ritual. Are not those who eat the sacrifices joint-partakers in the altar?
19 What do I say then? That an idol is anything? Or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything?
Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?
20 [No, ] but that the things that the nations sacrifice—they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons.
No, but that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to God; and I would not have you have fellowship with one another through the demons.
21 You are not able to drink the cup of the LORD and the cup of demons; you are not able to partake of the table of the LORD and of the table of demons;
You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons: you cannot be joint-partakers both in the table of the Lord and in the table of demons.
22 do we arouse the LORD to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Or are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?
23 All things are lawful to me, but not all things are profitable; all things are lawful to me, but not all things build up;
Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.
24 let no one seek his own—but each another’s.
Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.
25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat-market, not inquiring, because of the conscience,
Anything that is for sale in the meat market, eat, and ask no questions for conscience' sake;
26 for the earth and its fullness [are] the LORD’s;
for the earth is the Lord's, and all that it contains.
27 and if anyone of the unbelieving calls you, and you wish to go, eat all that is set before you, inquiring nothing, because of the conscience;
If an unbeliever gives you an invitation and you are disposed to accept it, eat whatever is put before you, and ask no questions for conscience' sake.
28 and if anyone may say to you, “This is a thing sacrificed to an idol,” do not eat, because of that one who showed [it], and of the conscience, for the LORD’s [is] the earth and its fullness:
But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice;" abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you, and, as before, for conscience' sake.
29 and conscience, I say, not of yourself, but of the other, for why [is it] that my liberty is judged by another’s conscience?
But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?
30 And if I partake thankfully, why am I spoken of [as] evil, for that for which I give thanks?
If, so far as I am concerned, I partake with a grateful heart, why am I to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which I give thanks?"
31 Whether, then, you eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;
Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God.
32 become offenseless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the Assembly of God;
Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God.
33 as I also please all in all things, not seeking my own profit, but that of many—that they may be saved.
That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.
