101 Corinthians 10

Don't Worship Idols

1Friends, I want to remind you that all our ancestors walked under the cloud and went through the sea.Select 1 Corinthians 10:1

2This was like being baptized and becoming followers of Moses.Select 1 Corinthians 10:2

3All of them also ate the same spiritual foodSelect 1 Corinthians 10:3

4and drank the same spiritual drink, which flowed from the spiritual rock that followed them. That rock was Christ.Select 1 Corinthians 10:4

5But most of them did not please God. So they died, and their bodies were scattered all over the desert.Select 1 Corinthians 10:5

6What happened to them is a warning to keep us from wanting to do the same evil things.Select 1 Corinthians 10:6

7They worshiped idols, just as the Scriptures say, “The people sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up to dance around.” So don't worship idols.Select 1 Corinthians 10:7

8Some of those people did shameful things, and in a single day about 23,000 died. Don't do shameful things as they did.Select 1 Corinthians 10:8

9And don't try to test Christ, as some of them did and were later bitten by poisonous snakes.Select 1 Corinthians 10:9

10Don't even grumble, as some of them did and were killed by the destroying angel.Select 1 Corinthians 10:10

11These things happened to them as a warning to us. All this was written in the Scriptures to teach us who live in these last days.Select 1 Corinthians 10:11

12Even if you think you can stand up to temptation, be careful not to fall.Select 1 Corinthians 10:12

13You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.Select 1 Corinthians 10:13

14My friends, you must keep away from idols.Select 1 Corinthians 10:14

15I am speaking to you as people who have enough sense to know what I am talking about.Select 1 Corinthians 10:15

16When we drink from the cup we ask God to bless, isn't that sharing in the blood of Christ? When we eat the bread we break, isn't that sharing in the body of Christ?Select 1 Corinthians 10:16

17By sharing in the same loaf of bread, we become one body, even though there are many of us.Select 1 Corinthians 10:17

18Aren't the people of Israel sharing in the worship when they gather around the altar and eat the sacrifices offered there?Select 1 Corinthians 10:18

19Am I saying that either the idols or the food sacrificed to them is anything at all?Select 1 Corinthians 10:19

20No, I am not! This food is really sacrificed to demons and not to God. I don't want you to have anything to do with demons.Select 1 Corinthians 10:20

21You cannot drink from the cup of demons and still drink from the Lord's cup. You cannot eat at the table of demons and still eat at the Lord's table.Select 1 Corinthians 10:21

22We would make the Lord jealous if we did this. And we are not stronger than the Lord.Select 1 Corinthians 10:22

Always Honor God

23Some of you say, “We can do whatever we want to!” But I tell you not everything may be good or helpful.Select 1 Corinthians 10:23

24We should think about others and not about ourselves.Select 1 Corinthians 10:24

25However, when you buy meat in the market, go ahead and eat it. Keep your conscience clear by not asking where the meat came from.Select 1 Corinthians 10:25

26The Scriptures say, “The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord.”Select 1 Corinthians 10:26

27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner, and you want to go, then go. Eat whatever you are served. Don't cause a problem for someone's conscience by asking where the food came from.Select 1 Corinthians 10:27

29But if you are told it has been sacrificed to idols, don't cause a problem by eating it. I don't mean a problem for yourself, but for the one who told you. Why should my freedom be limited by someone else's conscience?Select 1 Corinthians 10:29

30If I give thanks for what I eat, why should anyone accuse me of doing wrong?Select 1 Corinthians 10:30

31When you eat or drink or do anything else, always do it to honor God.Select 1 Corinthians 10:31

32Don't cause problems for Jews or Greeks or anyone else who belongs to God's church.Select 1 Corinthians 10:32

33I always try to please others instead of myself, in the hope that many of them will be saved.Select 1 Corinthians 10:33