1 Corinthians 10
10
Warnings from Israel’s Past
1Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors#Ps 44:1; Ac 7:11 were all under the cloud,#Ex 13:21 all passed through the sea,#Ex 14:29 2and all were baptized#Ac 22:16 into Moses#Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food,#Ex 16:31 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock#Ex 17:6; Nm 20:7–13 that followed them, and that rock was Christ.#Jn 4:14; 6:30–35 5Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness.#Jd 5
6Now these things took place as examples for us, so that we will not desire#Mt 27:23; Jms 4:2 evil things as they did.#10:6 Lit they desired#Nm 11:4,33–34; Ps 78:18; 106:14 7Don’t become idolaters#Eph 5:5 as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party.#10:7 Or to dance#10:7Ex 32:6#Ex 32:6 8Let us not commit sexual immorality#1Co 6:18; Rv 2:14,20; 17:2; 18:3,9 as some of them did,#10:8 Lit them committed sexual immorality and in a single day twenty-three thousand people died.#Nm 25:1–18; Ps 106:29 9Let us not test Christ as some of them did#10:9 Lit them tested and were destroyed by snakes.#Nm 21:6 10And don’t grumble#Jn 6:41; Jd 16 as some of them did,#10:10 Lit them grumbled#Nm 16:41–50 and were killed by the destroyer.#10:10 Or the destroying angel#Ex 12:23; 2Sm 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Ps 78:49 11These things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our instruction,#Ps 102:18 on whom the ends of the ages#10:11 Or goals of the ages, or culmination of the ages#Mk 13:7 have come.#Mk 10:30 12So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.#Pr 24:16; Heb 6:8 13No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful;#Nm 12:7 he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out#2Pt 2:9 so that you may be able to bear it.
Warning against Idolatry
14So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15I am speaking as to sensible people. Judge for yourselves what I am saying. 16The cup#Mt 26:27; Mk 14:23; Lk 22:17,20; 1Co 11:25–26 of blessing#Mk 6:41; Gl 3:14 that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread#Mt 26:26; Mk 14:22; Lk 22:19; Ac 2:42,46; 20:7 that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one#Jn 11:52; Eph 4:4 body, since all of us share the one bread. 18Consider the people of Israel.#10:18 Lit Look at Israel according to the flesh Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?#Gn 8:20; Lv 1:5; Nm 3:26; Dt 12:27; 1Sm 2:28; 1Ch 6:49; Ps 26:6; Ezk 8:15; Heb 7:13 19What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, but I do say that what they#10:20 Other mss read Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons! 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons. 22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?#Ec 6:10
Christian Liberty
23“Everything is permissible,”#10:23 Other mss add for me but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,”#10:23 Other mss add for me but not everything builds up. 24No one is to seek his own good, but the good of the other person.#Mk 10:45; Php 2:4
25Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience, 26since the earth is the Lord’s,#Mk 13:19 and all that is in it.#10:26Ps 24:1#Ps 24:1 27If any of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions for the sake of conscience. 28But if someone says to you, “This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it,#Lk 10:8 out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.#10:28 Other mss add “For the earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it.” 29I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged#Lk 6:37 by another person’s conscience? 30If I partake with thanksgiving,#Mk 8:6; Rm 1:8 why am I criticized because of something for which I give thanks?
31So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.#Mk 10:37; Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18 32Give no offense#Ac 24:16; Php 1:10 to Jews or Greeks or the church of God, 33just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many,#Mk 10:45 so that they may be saved.
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Qorintiyim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 10
10
1For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2and all were immersed into Mosheh in the cloud and in the sea,
3and all ate the same spiritual food,
4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed, and the Rock was Messiah.
5However, with most of them Elohim was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the wilderness.
6And these became examples for us, so that we should not lust after evil, as those indeed lusted.
7And do not become idolaters as some of them, as it has been written, “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play.”# Exo. 32:6
8Neither should we commit whoring, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell,
9neither let us try Messiah, as some of them also tried, and were destroyed by serpents,
10neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11And all these came upon them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come,
12so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.
13No trial has overtaken you except such as is common to man, and Elohim is trustworthy, who shall not allow you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial shall also make the way of escape, enabling you to bear it.
14Therefore, my beloved ones, flee from idolatry.
15I speak as to wise men, judge for yourselves what I say.
16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Messiah? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Messiah?
17Because there is one bread, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
18Look at Yisra’ĕl after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the slaughterings sharers in the slaughter-place?
19What then do I say? That an idol is of any value? Or that which is slaughtered to idols is of any value?
20No, but what the nations slaughter they slaughter to demons#See Lev. 17:7; Deu. 32:17 and not to Elohim, and I do not wish you to become sharers with demons.
21You are not able to drink the cup of the Master and the cup of demons, you are not able to partake of the table of the Master and of the table of demons.
22Do we provoke the Master to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
23All is permitted me, but not all do profit. All is permitted me, but not all build up.
24Let no one seek his own, but each one that of the other.
25You eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions because of conscience,
26for “The earth belongs to יהוה, and all that fills it.”# Psa. 24:1; Psa. 50:12
27And if any of the unbelievers invite you, and you wish to go, you eat whatever is set before you, asking no question on account of the conscience.
28And if anyone says to you, “This was slaughtered to idols,” do not eat it because of the one pointing it out to you, and on account of the conscience, for “The earth belongs to יהוה, and all that fills it.”
29Now I say conscience, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?
30But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for what I give thanks?
31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the esteem of Elohim.
32Cause no stumbling, either to the Yehuḏim or to the Greeks or to the assembly of Elohim,
33as I also please all men in all matters, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they might be saved.
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