1 Corinthians 10:2–25

²and all were ^abaptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

³and all ^aate the same spiritual food;

⁴and all ^adrank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was ¹Christ.

⁵Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased. For ^athey were ¹struck down in the wilderness.

⁶Now these things happened as ^aexamples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as ^bthey also craved.

⁷Do not be ^aidolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “^bThe people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to ^cplay.”

⁸Nor let us act in sexual immorality, as ^asome of them ¹did, and ^btwenty-three thousand fell in one day.

⁹Nor let us put Christ to the test, as ^asome of them ¹did, and were destroyed by the serpents.

¹⁰Nor ^agrumble, as some of them ¹did, and ^bwere destroyed by the ^cdestroyer.

¹¹Now these things happened to them as an ^aexample, and ^bthey were written for our instruction, upon whom ^cthe ends of the ages have arrived.

¹²Therefore let him who ^athinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

¹³No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, but ^aGod is faithful, who will not allow you to be ^btempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

¹⁴Therefore, my ^abeloved, flee from ^bidolatry.

¹⁵I speak as to prudent people. You judge what I say.

¹⁶Is not the ^acup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the ^1bbread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

¹⁷Since there is one ¹bread, we ^awho are many are one body, for we all partake of the one ²bread.

¹⁸Look at ¹the nation ^aIsrael. Are not those who ^beat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

¹⁹What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or ^athat an idol is anything?

²⁰No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they ^asacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

^21aYou cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^bthe table of demons.

²²Or do we ^aprovoke the ¹Lord to jealousy? Are we ^bstronger than He?

^23aAll things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things ^bbuild up.

²⁴Let no one ^aseek his own good, but that of the other person.

^25aEat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience’ sake.