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Text -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-32 (NET)
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Learning from Israel’s Failures
10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware , brothers and sisters , that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea ,
10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea ,
10:3 and all ate the same spiritual food ,
10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink . For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ .
10:5 But God was not pleased with most of them , for they were cut down in the wilderness .
10:6 These things happened as examples for us , so that we will not crave evil things as they did .
10:7 So do not be idolaters , as some of them were. As it is written , “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play .”
10:8 And let us not be immoral , as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day .
10:9 And let us not put Christ to the test , as some of them did , and were destroyed by snakes .
10:10 And do not complain , as some of them did , and were killed by the destroying angel .
10:11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction , on whom the ends of the ages have come .
10:12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall .
10:13 No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful : He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear , but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
Avoid Idol Feasts
10:14 So then , my dear friends , flee from idolatry .
10:15 I am speaking to thoughtful people . Consider what I say .
10:16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ ?
10:17 Because there is one bread , we who are many are one body , for we all share the one bread .
10:18 Look at the people of Israel . Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar ?
10:19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything ?
10:20 No , I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God . I do not want you to be partners with demons .
10:21 You cannot cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons . You cannot cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons .
10:22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is ?
Live to Glorify God
10:23 “Everything is lawful ,” but not everything is beneficial . “Everything is lawful ,” but not everything builds others up.
10:24 Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person .
10:25 Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience ,
10:26 for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s .
10:27 If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go , eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience .
10:28 But if someone says to you , “This is from a sacrifice ,” do not eat , because of the one who told you and because of conscience –
10:29 I do not mean mean yours but the other person’s . For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience ?
10:30 If I partake with thankfulness , why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for ?
10:31 So whether you eat or drink , or whatever you do , do everything for the glory of God .
10:32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God ,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
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Expediency |
Commandments |
Prudence |
Idolatry |
Wicked |
Temptation |
Minister |
PAULINE THEOLOGY |
Conscience |
SACRAMENTS |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
Evil |
Tolerance |
Charitableness |
Communion |
Cup |
Presumption |
Eucharist |
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NET Notes: 1Co 10:2 ‡ A number of witnesses, some of them important, have the passive ἐβαπτίσθησαν (eba...
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NET Notes: 1Co 10:13 The words “to bear” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning.
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NET Notes: 1Co 10:20 Grk “what they sacrifice”; the referent (the pagans) is clear from the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 1Co 10:22 The question in Greek expects a negative answer (“We are not stronger than he is, are we?”).
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NET Notes: 1Co 10:23 Grk “builds up.” The object “others” is not expressed but is implied, as v. 24 shows. Paul picks up a theme he introduced at t...
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NET Notes: 1Co 10:28 The Byzantine texttype and a few other witnesses (Hc Ψ Ï) essentially duplicate v. 26 at the end of this verse (with γάρ [gar...
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