1 Corinthians 10:1-22

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Warning Against Idolatry

10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,^[a] that our fathers were all under ^(A)the cloud, and all ^(B)passed through the sea, ²and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, ³and ^(C)all ate the same ^(D)spiritual food, ⁴and ^(E)all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. ⁵Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for ^(F)they were overthrown^[b] in the wilderness.

⁶Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as ^(G)they did. ⁷^(H)Do not be idolaters ^(I)as some of them were; as it is written, ^(J)“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” ⁸^(K)We must not indulge in sexual immorality ^(L)as some of them did, and ^(M)twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. ⁹We must not put Christ^[c] to the test, ^(N)as some of them did and ^(O)were destroyed by serpents, ¹⁰nor grumble, ^(P)as some of them did and ^(Q)were destroyed by ^(R)the Destroyer. ¹¹Now these things happened to them as an example, but ^(S)they were written down for our instruction, ^(T)on whom the end of the ages has come. ¹²Therefore ^(U)let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. ¹³No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. ^(V)God is faithful, and ^(W)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.

¹⁴Therefore, my beloved, ^(X)flee from idolatry. ¹⁵I speak ^(Y)as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. ¹⁶^(Z)The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? ^(AA)The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? ¹⁷Because there is one bread, we who are many are ^(AB)one body, for we all partake of the one bread. ¹⁸Consider ^(AC)the people of Israel:^[d] ^(AD)are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? ¹⁹What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that ^(AE)an idol is anything? ²⁰No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice ^(AF)they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. ²¹^(AG)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and ^(AH)the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(AI)the table of demons. ²²^(AJ)Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? ^(AK)Are we stronger than he?

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1 Corinthians 10:1 Or brothers and sisters
1 Corinthians 10:5 Or were laid low
1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts the Lord
1 Corinthians 10:18 Greek Consider Israel according to the flesh

1 Corinthians 11:17-32

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The Lord's Supper

¹⁷But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, ^(A)I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,^[a] ¹⁹for ^(B)there must be factions among you in order ^(C)that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. ²⁰When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. ²¹For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, ^(D)another gets drunk. ²²What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^(E)the church of God and ^(F)humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

²³For ^(G)I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that ^(H)the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for^[b] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”^[c] ²⁵In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death ^(I)until he comes.

²⁷^(J)Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord ^(K)in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning ^(L)the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸^(M)Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. ³⁰That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some ^(N)have died.^[d] ³¹^(O)But if we judged^[e] ourselves truly, we would not be judged. ³²But when we are judged by the Lord, ^(P)we are disciplined^[f] so that we may not be ^(Q)condemned along with the world.

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1 Corinthians 11:18 Or I believe a certain report
1 Corinthians 11:24 Some manuscripts broken for
1 Corinthians 11:24 Or as my memorial; also verse 25
1 Corinthians 11:30 Greek have fallen asleep (as in 15:6, 20)
1 Corinthians 11:31 Or discerned
1 Corinthians 11:32 Or when we are judged we are being disciplined by the Lord