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

² all were baptized into Moses by the cloud and by the sea, ³ all ate the same supernatural food, ⁴ and all drank the same supernatural drink (drinking from the supernatural Rock which accompanied them ??and that Rock was Christ), ⁵ still with most of them God was not satisfied; they were laid low in the desert.

⁶ Now this took place as a warning for us, to keep us from craving for evil as they craved. ⁷ And you must not be idolaters, like some of them; as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to make sport. ⁸ Nor must we commit immorality, as some of them did ??and in a single day twenty-three thousand of them fell. ⁹ Nor must we presume upon the Lord as some of them did ??only to be destroyed by serpents. ¹⁰ And you must not murmur, as some of them did ??only to be destroyed by the destroying angel. ¹¹ It all happened to them by way of warning for others, and it was written down for the purpose of instructing us whose lot has been cast in the closing hours of the world. ¹² So let anyone who thinks he stands secure, take care in case he falls. ¹³ No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

¹⁴ Shun idolatry, then, my beloved. ¹⁵ I am speaking to sensible people; weigh my words for yourselves. ¹⁶ The cup of blessing, which we bless, is that not participating in the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is that not participating in the body of Christ?