| 1 | For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; |
| 2 | and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; |
| 3 | and did all eat the same spiritual food; |
| 4 | and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ. |
| 5 | Howbeit with most 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 make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents. |
| 10 | Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. |
| 11 | Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. |
| 12 | Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. |
| 13 | There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it. |
| 14 | Wherefore, my 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 a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ? |
| 17 | seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we are all partake of the one bread. |
| 18 | Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar? |
| 19 | What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? |
| 20 | But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons. |
| 21 | Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons. |
| 22 | Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? |
| 23 | All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. |
| 24 | Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbor's [good]. |
| 25 | Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake, |
| 26 | for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. |
| 27 | If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake. |
| 28 | But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake: |
| 29 | conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience? |
| 30 | If I partake with thankfulness, 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 no occasions of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God: |
| 33 | even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of the many, that they may be saved. |