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10 Ég vil ekki, bræður, að yður skuli vera ókunnugt um það, að feður vorir voru allir undir skýinu og fóru allir yfir um hafið.

Allir voru skírðir til Móse í skýinu og hafinu.

Allir neyttu hinnar sömu andlegu fæðu

og drukku allir hinn sama andlega drykk. Þeir drukku af hinum andlega kletti, sem fylgdi þeim. Kletturinn var Kristur.

En samt hafði Guð enga velþóknun á flestum þeirra og þeir féllu í eyðimörkinni.

Þessir hlutir hafa gjörst sem fyrirboðar fyrir oss, til þess að vér verðum ekki sólgnir í það, sem illt er, eins og þeir urðu sólgnir í það.

Verðið ekki skurðgoðadýrkendur, eins og nokkrir þeirra. Ritað er: "Lýðurinn settist niður til að eta og drekka, og þeir stóðu upp til að leika."

Drýgjum ekki heldur hórdóm, eins og nokkrir þeirra drýgðu hórdóm, og tuttugu og þrjár þúsundir féllu á einum degi.

Freistum ekki heldur Drottins, eins og nokkrir þeirra freistuðu hans, þeir biðu bana af höggormum.

10 Möglið ekki heldur eins og nokkrir þeirra mögluðu, þeir fórust fyrir eyðandanum.

11 Allt þetta kom yfir þá sem fyrirboði, og það er ritað til viðvörunar oss, sem endir aldanna er kominn yfir.

12 Sá, er hyggst standa, gæti því vel að sér, að hann falli ekki.

13 Þér hafið ekki reynt nema mannlega freistingu. Guð er trúr og lætur ekki freista yðar um megn fram, heldur mun hann, þegar hann reynir yður, einnig sjá um, að þér fáið staðist.

14 Fyrir því, mínir elskuðu, flýið skurðgoðadýrkunina.

15 Ég tala til yðar sem skynsamra manna. Dæmið þér um það, sem ég segi.

16 Sá bikar blessunarinnar, sem vér blessum, er hann ekki samfélag um blóð Krists? Og brauðið, sem vér brjótum, er það ekki samfélag um líkama Krists?

17 Af því að brauðið er eitt, erum vér hinir mörgu einn líkami, því að vér höfum allir hlutdeild í hinu eina brauði.

18 Lítið á Ísraelsþjóðina. Eiga þeir, sem fórnirnar eta, ekki hlut í altarinu?

19 Hvað segi ég þá? Að kjöt fórnað skurðgoðum sé nokkuð? Eða skurðgoð sé nokkuð?

20 Nei, heldur að það sem heiðingjarnir blóta, það blóta þeir illum öndum, en ekki Guði. En ég vil ekki, að þér hafið samfélag við illa anda.

21 Ekki getið þér drukkið bikar Drottins og bikar illra anda. Ekki getið þér tekið þátt í borðhaldi Drottins og borðhaldi illra anda.

22 Eða eigum vér að reita Drottin til reiði? Munum vér vera máttugri en hann?

23 Allt er leyfilegt, en ekki er allt gagnlegt. Allt er leyfilegt, en ekki byggir allt upp.

24 Enginn hyggi að eigin hag, heldur hag annarra.

25 Allt það, sem selt er á kjöttorginu, getið þér etið án nokkurra eftirgrennslana vegna samviskunnar.

26 Því að jörðin er Drottins og allt, sem á henni er.

27 Ef einhver hinna vantrúuðu býður yður og ef þér viljið fara, þá etið af öllu því, sem fyrir yður er borið, án eftirgrennslana vegna samviskunnar.

28 En ef einhver segir við yður: "Þetta er fórnarkjöt!" þá etið ekki, vegna þess, er gjörði viðvart, og vegna samviskunnar.

29 Samviskunnar, segi ég, ekki eigin samvisku, heldur samvisku hins. En hvers vegna skyldi frelsi mitt eiga að dæmast af samvisku annars?

30 Ef ég neyti fæðunnar með þakklæti, hvers vegna skyldi ég sæta lasti fyrir það, sem ég þakka fyrir?

31 Hvort sem þér því etið eða drekkið eða hvað sem þér gjörið, þá gjörið það allt Guði til dýrðar.

32 Verið hvorki Gyðingum né Grikkjum né kirkju Guðs til ásteytingar.

33 Ég fyrir mitt leyti reyni í öllu að þóknast öllum og hygg ekki að eigin hag, heldur hag hinna mörgu, til þess að þeir verði hólpnir.

Warnings From Israel’s History

10 For I do not want you to be ignorant(A) of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud(B) and that they all passed through the sea.(C) They were all baptized into(D) Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food(E) and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock(F) that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.(G)

Now these things occurred as examples(H) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters,(I) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](J) We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(K) We should not test Christ,[b](L) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(M) 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(N)—and were killed(O) by the destroying angel.(P)

11 These things happened to them as examples(Q) and were written down as warnings for us,(R) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(S) 12 So, if you think you are standing firm,(T) be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation[c] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;(U) he will not let you be tempted[d] beyond what you can bear.(V) But when you are tempted,[e] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper

14 Therefore, my dear friends,(W) flee from idolatry.(X) 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 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(Y) a participation in the body of Christ?(Z) 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,(AA) for we all share the one loaf.

18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices(AB) participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(AC) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(AD) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 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.(AE) 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(AF) Are we stronger than he?(AG)

The Believer’s Freedom

23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(AH) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.(AI)

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,(AJ) 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”[f](AK)

27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you(AL) without raising questions of conscience. 28 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.(AM) 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom(AN) being judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?(AO)

31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.(AP) 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble,(AQ) whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God(AR) 33 even as I try to please everyone in every way.(AS) For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many,(AT) so that they may be saved.(AU)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  5. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  6. 1 Corinthians 10:26 Psalm 24:1

10 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;

And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

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.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

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 examples: 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.