Sept. 14
1 Corinthians 10
1Co 10:1 Now I would
not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the
cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2 and were all
baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3 and all ate
the same spiritual food;
1Co 10:4 and all drank
the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that
followed them, and the rock was Christ.
1Co 10:5 However with
most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in
the wilderness.
1Co 10:6 Now these
things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil
things, as they also lusted.
1Co 10:7 Neither be
idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people
sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
1Co 10:8 Neither let us
commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day
twenty-three thousand fell.
1Co 10:9 Neither let us
test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
1Co 10:10 Neither
grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the
destroyer.
1Co 10:11 Now all these
things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for
our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
1Co 10:12 Therefore let
him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn't fall.
1Co 10:13 No temptation
has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will
not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with
the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to
endure it.
1Co 10:14 Therefore, my
beloved, flee from idolatry.
1Co 10:15 I speak as to
wise men. Judge what I say.
1Co 10:16 The cup of
blessing which we bless, isn't it a sharing of the blood of Christ?
The bread which we break, isn't it a sharing of the body of Christ?
1Co 10:17 Because there
is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all
partake of the one loaf of bread.
1Co 10:18 Consider
Israel according to the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices
participate in the altar?
1Co 10:19 What am I
saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an
idol is anything?
1Co 10:20 But I say
that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to
demons, and not to God, and I don't desire that you would have
fellowship with demons.
1Co 10:21 You can't
both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can't both
partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
1Co 10:22 Or do we
provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
1Co 10:23 "All
things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable.
"All things are lawful for me," but not all things build
up.
1Co 10:24 Let no one
seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.
1Co 10:25 Whatever is
sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of
conscience,
1Co 10:26 for "the
earth is the Lord's, and its fullness."
1Co 10:27 But if one of
those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined
to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the
sake of conscience.
1Co 10:28 But if anyone
says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for
the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For
"the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."
1Co 10:29 Conscience, I
say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty
judged by another conscience?
1Co 10:30 If I partake
with thankfulness, why am I denounced for that for which I give
thanks?
1Co 10:31 Whether
therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory
of God.
1Co 10:32 Give no
occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the
assembly of God;
1Co 10:33 even as I
also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the
profit of the many, that they may be saved.