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Chapter 10 |
| 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; |
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4 | And did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock
was Christ. |
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| 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. |
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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?
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| 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. |
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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: |
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26 | For the earth is the Lord's, and the
fulness thereof. |
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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:
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| 29 | Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my
liberty judged of another man's conscience? |
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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: |
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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. |
