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Warnings From Israel’s History
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
In the cloud and in the sea, all of them were baptized as followers of Moses.
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
and all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ.
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did,
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did — and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.
And do not grumble, as some of them did — and were killed by the destroying angel.
And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
So, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols.
I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
You are reasonable people. Decide for yourselves if what I am saying is true.
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
When we bless the cup at the Lord’s Table, aren’t we sharing in the blood of Christ? And when we break the bread, aren’t we sharing in the body of Christ?
Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
And though we are many, we all eat from one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body.
Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
Think about the people of Israel. Weren’t they united by eating the sacrifices at the altar?
Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
What am I trying to say? Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods?
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at the table of demons, too.
Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?
The Believer’s Freedom
“I have the right to do anything,” you say — but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything” — but not everything is constructive.
“I have the right to do anything,” you say — but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything” — but not everything is constructive.
No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.
Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
So you may eat any meat that is sold in the marketplace without raising questions of conscience.
If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.
If someone who isn’t a believer asks you home for dinner, accept the invitation if you want to. Eat whatever is offered to you without raising questions of conscience.
But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.
(But suppose someone tells you, “This meat was offered to an idol.” Don’t eat it, out of consideration for the conscience of the one who told you.
I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
It might not be a matter of conscience for you, but it is for the other person.) For why should my freedom be limited by what someone else thinks?
If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?
If I can thank God for the food and enjoy it, why should I be condemned for eating it?
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God —