1
Corinthinas 10
For
I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers,
That
our forefathers were all under the Cloud
And
that they all passed through the sea.
2
THE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO MOSES
IN
THE CLOUD AND IN THE SEA.
3
THEY ALL ATE THE SAME SPIRITUAL FOOD
4
AND DRANK THE SAME SPIRUTAL DRINK;
FOR
THEY DRANK FROM THE SPRITUAL ROCK
THAT
ACCOMPAIED THEM,
AND
THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST.
5
NEVERTHELESS, GOD WAS NOT PLEASED WITH MOST OF THEM;
THEIR
BODIES WERE SCATTERED OVER THE DESERT.
6
NOW THESE THINGS OCCURRED AS EXAMPLES,
TO
KEEP US FROM SETTING OUR HEARTS ON EVIL THINGS
AS
THEY DID.
7
DO NOT BE IDOLATERS, AS SOME OF THEM WERE;
As
it is written:
'THE
PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK
AND
GOT UP TO INDULGE IN PAGAN REVELRY.'
WE
SHOULD NOT COMMIT SEXUAL IMMORALITY,
AS
SOME OF THEM DID--
AND
IN ONE DAY TWENTY THREE THOUSAND OF THEM DIED.
9
WE SHOULD NOT TEST THE LORD,
AS
SOME OF THEM DID--AND WERE KILLED BY SNAKES
10
AND DO NOT GRUMBLE, AS SOME OF THEM DID--
AND
WERE KILLED BY THE DESTROYING ANGEL.
11
THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM AS EXAMPLES
AND
WERE WRITTEN DOWN AS WARNINGS FOR US,
ON
WHOM THE FULLFIMENT OF THE AGES HAS COME.
12 SO IF YOU THINK YOU ARE STANDING
FIRM,
BECAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T FALL.
13
NO TEMPTATION HAS SEIZED YOU
EXCEPT
WHAT IS COMMON TO MAN.
AND GOD IS FAITHFUL;
HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED
BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BEAR.
BUT
WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED,
HE
WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WAY OUT
SO
THAT YOU CAN STAND UP UNDER IT.
Idol Feasts And The Lord's Supper
14 Therefore, my dear friends,
FLEE
FROM IDOLATRY.
15 I speak to sensible people;
Judge for yourselves what I say.
16 Is not the Cup of Thanksgiving
For which we give thanks
A Participation in the Body of
Christ?
And is not the Bread that we break
A Participation in the One Loaf,
WE
WHO ARE MANY, ARE ONE BODY,
FOR
WE ALL PARTAKE OF THE ONE LOAF.
18 Consider the people of Israel:
Do not those who eat the Sacrifices
Participate in the Altar?
19 Do I mean then that a Sacrifice
Offered to and Idol is anything?
20
NO, BUT THE SACRIFICES OF PAGANS
ARE
OFFERED TO DEMONS, NOT TO GOD,
AND I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE
PARTICIPANTS WITH DEMONS.
21
YOU CANNOT DRINK THE CUP OF THE LORD
AND
THE CUP OF DEMONS TOO;
YOU CANNOT HAVE A PART IN BOTH
THE LORD'S TABLE AND THE TABLE OF
DEMONS.
22 ARE WE TRYING TO AROUSE THE
LORD'S JEALOUSY?
ARE WE STRONGER THAN HE?
The
Believer's Freedom
23 'Everything is Permissible--
But not everything is Beneficial.
'Everything is Permissible'--
But not everything is Constructive.
24
NO BODY SHOULD SEEK HIS OWN GOOD,
BUT
THE GOOD OF OTHERS.
25 EAT ANYTHING SOLD IN THE MEAT
MARKET
WITHOUT RAISING QUESTIONS OF
CONSCIENCE,
26 FOR, 'THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND
EVERYTHING IN IT.'
27 If some unbeliever invites you to
a meal
And you want to go,
Eat whatever is put before you
Without raising questions of
Conscience.
28 But if someone says to you,
'This has been offered in
Sacrifice,'
Then do not eat it,
Both for the sake of the man who
told you
And for Conscience' Sake--
29 The other man's Conscience not
yours.
FOR
WHY SHOULD MY FREEDOM
BE
JUDGED BY ANOTHER'S CONSCIENCE?
30 If I take part in the meal with
thankfulness,
Why am I Denounced because of
something I thank God for?
31
SO WHETHER YOU EAT OR DRINK
OR
WHATEVER YOU DO,
DO
IT ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
32
DO NOT CAUSE ANYONE TO STUMBLE,
WHETHER JEWS, GREEKS OR THE CHURCH
OF GOD--
33 EVEN AS I TRY TO PLEASE EVERYBODY
IN EVERY WAY.
FOR I AM NOT SEEKING MY OWN GOOD
BUT THE GOOD OF MANY,
SO
THAT THEY MANY BE SAVED.
(1
Corinthians 10)
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