English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Corinthians Book, chapter 10, verse 48 in Net Version

1 Corinthians 10 : 1 (NET)

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

1 Corinthians 10 : 2 (NET)

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

1 Corinthians 10 : 3 (NET)

and all ate the same spiritual food,

1 Corinthians 10 : 4 (NET)

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10 : 5 (NET)

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10 : 6 (NET)

These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

1 Corinthians 10 : 7 (NET)

So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play."

1 Corinthians 10 : 8 (NET)

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

1 Corinthians 10 : 9 (NET)

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

1 Corinthians 10 : 10 (NET)

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

1 Corinthians 10 : 11 (NET)

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

1 Corinthians 10 : 12 (NET)

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

1 Corinthians 10 : 13 (NET)

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 10 : 14 (NET)

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10 : 15 (NET)

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

1 Corinthians 10 : 16 (NET)

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10 : 17 (NET)

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

1 Corinthians 10 : 18 (NET)

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

1 Corinthians 10 : 19 (NET)

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

1 Corinthians 10 : 20 (NET)

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

1 Corinthians 10 : 21 (NET)

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10 : 22 (NET)

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

1 Corinthians 10 : 23 (NET)

"Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up.

1 Corinthians 10 : 24 (NET)

Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

1 Corinthians 10 : 25 (NET)

Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

1 Corinthians 10 : 26 (NET)

for the earth and its abundance are the Lord's.

1 Corinthians 10 : 27 (NET)

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

1 Corinthians 10 : 28 (NET)

But if someone says to you, "This is from a sacrifice," do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience�

1 Corinthians 10 : 29 (NET)

I do not mean yours but the other person's. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience?

1 Corinthians 10 : 30 (NET)

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

1 Corinthians 10 : 31 (NET)

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10 : 32 (NET)

Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

1 Corinthians 10 : 33 (NET)

just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.