1 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 and were all immersed unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 and all ate the same spiritual food;
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was the Christ.
5 But in the most of them God took no pleasure; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things became types for us, that we might not covet evil things, as they also coveted.
7 Neither become ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it has been 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.
9 Nor let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted Him, and perished by the serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
11 Now these things were happening to them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have come.
12 Wherefore, let him who thinks he is standing take heed, lest he fall.
13 A temptation has not taken you, except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I am speaking as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a partaking of the body of Christ?
17 because we, the many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
18 Behold Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19 What, then, do I say? that an idol-sacrifice is anything? or that an idol is anything?
20 Nay, but I say that the things which the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not wish you to become partakers with the demons.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?
23 All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable; all things are lawful, but not all things build up.
24 Let no one seek his own, but each another's good.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the market eat, asking no question because of conscience;
26 for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
27 If one of the unbelieving invites you to a feast, and ye wish to go, whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no question because of conscience.
28 But, if anyone says to you, "This is the remains of an idol-sacrifice." eat it not, for his sake that showed it, and because of conscience:
29 conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?