1 I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all underbSee Ex. 13:21 the cloud, and allcSee Ex. 14:22 passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 anddEx. 16:15, 35; Deut. 8:3; Neh. 9:15, 20; Ps. 78:24 all ate the sameePs. 78:25; 105:40; John 6:31 spiritual food, 4 andfSee Ex. 17:6 all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, forgNum. 14:29, 37; 26:64, 65; Ps. 106:26; Heb. 3:17; Jude 5 they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil ashNum. 11:4, 33, 34; Ps. 78:18; 106:14 they did. 7 iver. 14 Do not be idolatersjEx. 32:4 as some of them were; as it is written,kCited from Ex. 32:6 “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. ” 8 lSee ch. 6:18; Acts 15:20 We must not indulge in sexual immoralitymNum. 25:1 as some of them did, andn[Num. 25:9; Ps. 106:29] twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ to the test,oNum. 21:5; [Ex. 17:2, 7]; See Ps. 78:18 as some of them did andpSee Num. 21:6 were destroyed by serpents, 10 nor grumble,qSee Num. 14:2 as some of them did andrNum. 14:29-37 were destroyed bysEx. 12:23; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Ps. 78:49 the Destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, buttSee Rom. 4:23 they were written down for our instruction,uSee Rom. 13:11 on whom the end of the ages has come. 12 ThereforevRom. 11:20; [2 Pet. 3:17] let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.wSee ch. 1:9 God is faithful, andx[Dan. 3:17]; See 2 Pet. 2:9 he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
14 Therefore, my beloved,yver. 7 flee from idolatry. 15 I speakz[ch. 8:1] as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 ach. 11:25; Matt. 26:27, 28 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?bch. 11:23, 24; Matt. 26:26; See Acts 2:42; 20:7 The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many arecch. 12:12, 13, 20; Rom. 12:5; Eph. 4:4, 16; Col. 3:15 one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 18 ConsiderdRom. 1:3; 4:1; 9:5; 2 Cor. 11:18 the people of Israel:eLev. 3:3; 7:15; [Heb. 13:10] are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? 19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or thatfSee ch. 8:4 an idol is anything? 20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrificegDeut. 32:17 they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 h[2 Cor. 6:15, 16] You cannot drink the cup of the Lord andi[Deut. 32:38] the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord andj[Isa. 65:11] the table of demons. 22 kDeut. 32:21 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy?lEccles. 6:10; Ezek. 22:14 Are we stronger than he?
23 mch. 6:12; See ch. 8:9 “All things are lawful, ” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful, ” but not all things build up. 24 nver. 33; ch. 13:5; Phil. 2:21; [ch. 9:23; 2 Cor. 12:14]; See Rom. 15:1 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 och. 8:7 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 ForpCited from Ps. 24:1; [Ex. 9:29; 19:5; Deut. 10:14; Job 41:11; Ps. 50:12] “the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof. ” 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go,qLuke 10:8 eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice, ” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— 29 I do not meanr[ch. 8:9-12] your conscience, but his. Fors[ch. 9:19; Rom. 14:16] why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of thattRom. 14:6; 1 Tim. 4:3, 4 for which I give thanks?
31 So, whether you eat or drink, oruCol. 3:17; 1 Pet. 4:11 whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 vch. 8:13; Rom. 14:13; 2 Cor. 6:3 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or tow[ch. 11:16]; See Acts 20:28 the church of God, 33 just asxch. 9:22; [Gal. 1:10] I try to please everyone in everything I do,ySee ver. 24 not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.