MOREOVER, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how
that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea:
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And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
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And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
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And did all drink the same spiritual drink; for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them:
and that Rock was Christ.
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But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the
wilderness.
6 Now these things were
our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they
also lusted.
7 Neither be ye
idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to
eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit
fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and
twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things
happened unto them for ensamples:
and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the
world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no
temptation taken your but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my dearly
beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise
men; judge ye what I say.
16 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 For we being many are
one bread, and one body: for we are
all partakers of that one bread.
18 Behold
Israel after the flesh: are not
they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19 What say I then? That the idol is any thing, or that
which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20 But I say, that the
things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to
God: and I would not that ye should
have fellowship with devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the
cup of the LORD, and the cup of the devils: ye cannot be partakers of the LORD's table, and of the table
of devils.
22 Do we provoke the LORD
to jealousy? Are we stronger than
he?
23 All things are lawful
unto me, but all things are not expedient:
all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24 Let no man seek his
own, but every man another's wealth.
25 Whatever is sold in
the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience' sake:
26 For the earth is the
LORD's, and the fullness thereof.
27 If any of them that
believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; asking no
question for conscience' sake.
28 But if any man say
unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake
that showed it, and for conscience' sake:
for the earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof:
29 Conscience, I say, not
thine own, but of the other: for
why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
30 For if I by grace be a
partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31 Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Give none offense,
neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
33 Even as I please all
men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many,
that they may be saved.
