1 Corinthians 10:2-16 - Instructions For Public Worship

² and were all baptised 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 which followed them; but that rock was Christ. ⁵ Nevertheless with the most of them God was not well pleased, for they were destroyed in the wilderness.

⁶ Now these things were examples for us, that we might not be coveters of evil things, as they also coveted. ⁷ Neither be ye idolaters as some of them; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to sport themselves." ⁸ Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them also committed, and in one day fell twenty-three thousand. ⁹ Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents. ¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and perished by the destroyer. ¹¹ Now all these things happened unto them as examples, but they are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages are come. ¹² Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. ¹³ No temptation hath overtaken you, but what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear up under it.

¹⁴ Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. ¹⁵ I speak as unto 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?