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1 Corinthians

1 More­over, brethren, I would not that ye should be ig­no­rant, how that all our fa­thers were 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 meat; 4 And did all drink the same spir­i­tu­al drink: for they drank of that spir­i­tu­al Rock that fol­lowed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many 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 tempt Christ, as some of them also tempt­ed, and were de­stroyed of ser­pents. 10 Nei­ther mur­mur ye, as some of them also mur­mured, and were de­stroyed of the de­stroy­er. 11 Now all these things hap­pened unto them for en­sam­ples: and they are writ­ten for our ad­mo­ni­tion, upon whom the ends of the world 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 is com­mon to man: but God is faith­ful, who will not suf­fer you to be tempt­ed above that ye are able; but will with the temp­ta­tion also make a way to es­cape, that ye may be able to bear it. 14 Where­fore, my dear­ly 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 the com­mu­nion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the com­mu­nion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all par­tak­ers of that one bread. 18 Be­hold Is­rael af­ter the flesh: are not they which eat of the sac­ri­fices par­tak­ers of the al­tar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is of­fered in sac­ri­fice to idols is any thing? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gen­tiles sac­ri­fice, they sac­ri­fice to dev­ils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fel­low­ship with dev­ils. 21 Ye can­not drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of dev­ils: ye can­not be par­tak­ers of the Lord's table, and of the table of dev­ils. 22 Do we pro­voke the Lord to jeal­ousy? are we stronger than he? 23 All things are law­ful for me, but all things are not ex­pe­di­ent: all things are law­ful for me, but all things ed­i­fy not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but ev­ery man another's wealth. 25 What­so­ev­er is sold in the sham­bles, that eat, ask­ing no ques­tion for con­science sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the ful­ness there­of. 27 If any of them that be­lieve not bid you ­to a feast, and ye be dis­posed to go; what­so­ev­er is set be­fore you, eat, ask­ing no ques­tion for con­science sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is of­fered in sac­ri­fice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for con­science sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the ful­ness there­of: 29 Con­science, I say, not thine own, but of the oth­er: for why is my lib­er­ty judged of an­oth­er man's con­science? 30 For if I by grace be a par­tak­er, 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 none of­fence, nei­ther to the Jews, nor to the Gen­tiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seek­ing mine own prof­it, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.