Thematic Bible




1 Corinthians 10:1 (show verse)

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,

1 Corinthians 10:2 (show verse)

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

1 Corinthians 10:3 (show verse)

and all ate the same spiritual food,

1 Corinthians 10:4 (show verse)

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:5 (show verse)

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:6 (show verse)

These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

1 Corinthians 10:7 (show verse)

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."

1 Corinthians 10:8 (show verse)

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

1 Corinthians 10:9 (show verse)

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

1 Corinthians 10:10 (show verse)

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

1 Corinthians 10:11 (show verse)

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

1 Corinthians 10:12 (show verse)

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

1 Corinthians 10:13 (show verse)

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.

1 Corinthians 10:14 (show verse)

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:15 (show verse)

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

1 Corinthians 10:16 (show verse)

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?

1 Corinthians 10:17 (show verse)

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

1 Corinthians 10:18 (show verse)

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

1 Corinthians 10:19 (show verse)

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

1 Corinthians 10:20 (show verse)

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.

1 Corinthians 10:21 (show verse)

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:22 (show verse)

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

1 Corinthians 10:23 (show verse)

"Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up.

1 Corinthians 10:24 (show verse)

Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

1 Corinthians 10:25 (show verse)

Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

1 Corinthians 10:26 (show verse)

for the earth and its abundance are the Lord's.

1 Corinthians 10:27 (show verse)

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

1 Corinthians 10:28 (show verse)

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 --

1 Corinthians 10:29 (show verse)

I do not mean yours but the other person's. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience?

1 Corinthians 10:30 (show verse)

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

1 Corinthians 10:31 (show verse)

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:32 (show verse)

Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

1 Corinthians 10:33 (show verse)

just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.