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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.
Old Testament Examples
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
But with most of them God was not well pleased, for 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.
Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did — and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell;
And do not grumble, as some of them did — and were killed by the destroying angel.
nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
Flee from Idolatry
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.
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?
Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship 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 the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.
Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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.
Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.
Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake;
for “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”
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 any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake.
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.
I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
“Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?
If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?
But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for the food over which I give thanks?
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God —
Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,