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

² And all were baptized to 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 drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. ⁵ But with many of them God was not well pleased, for they were scattered in the wilderness.

⁶ And these things were our examples, that we should not be lusters after evil, as they also lusted. ⁷ Nor should we be idolaters, even as some of them, as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." ⁸ Nor let us commit fornication, as some of them fornicated, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. ⁹ Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted Him and were destroyed by serpents. ¹⁰ Nor murmur as some of them also murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer. ¹¹ And all these things happened to them as examples; and it is written for our warning on whom the ends of the world have come. ¹² So let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. ¹³ No temptation has taken you but what is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escape, so that you may be able to bear it.

¹⁴ Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. ¹⁵ I speak as to wise men; you judge 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?