Thematic Bible
1 Corinthians 10:1 (show verse)
I want you to bear in mind, Brothers, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1 Corinthians 10:2 (show verse)
That in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;
1 Corinthians 10:3 (show verse)
And that they all ate the same supernatural food,
1 Corinthians 10:4 (show verse)
and all drank the same supernatural water, for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which followed them, and that rock was the Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:5 (show verse)
Yet with most of them God was displeased; for they were 'struck down in the desert.'
1 Corinthians 10:6 (show verse)
Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our forefathers longed.
1 Corinthians 10:7 (show verse)
Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says-'The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.'
1 Corinthians 10:8 (show verse)
Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.
1 Corinthians 10:9 (show verse)
Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they 'were, one after another, destroyed by the snakes.'
1 Corinthians 10:10 (show verse)
And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so 'were destroyed by the Angel of Death.'
1 Corinthians 10:11 (show verse)
These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.
1 Corinthians 10:12 (show verse)
Therefore let the man who thinks that he stands take care that he does not fall.
1 Corinthians 10:13 (show verse)
No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.
1 Corinthians 10:14 (show verse)
Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.
1 Corinthians 10:15 (show verse)
I speak to you as man of discernment; form your own judgment about what I am saying.
1 Corinthians 10:16 (show verse)
In the Cup of Blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the Bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the Body of the Christ?
1 Corinthians 10:17 (show verse)
The Bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one Bread.
1 Corinthians 10:18 (show verse)
Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices share with the altar?
1 Corinthians 10:19 (show verse)
What do I mean? you ask. Than an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?
1 Corinthians 10:20 (show verse)
No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles 'are offered to demons and to a Being who is no God,' and I do not want you to share with demons.
1 Corinthians 10:21 (show verse)
You cannot drink both the Cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the Table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 10:22 (show verse)
Or 'are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord'? Are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 10:23 (show verse)
Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.
1 Corinthians 10:24 (show verse)
A man must not study his own interests, but the interests of others.
1 Corinthians 10:25 (show verse)
Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;
1 Corinthians 10:26 (show verse)
For 'the earth, with all that is in it, belongs to the Lord.'
1 Corinthians 10:27 (show verse)
If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.
1 Corinthians 10:28 (show verse)
But, if any one should say to you 'This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,' then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.
1 Corinthians 10:29 (show verse)
I do not say 'your' scruples, but 'his.' For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?
1 Corinthians 10:30 (show verse)
If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?
1 Corinthians 10:31 (show verse)
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.
1 Corinthians 10:32 (show verse)
Do not cause offence either to Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God;
1 Corinthians 10:33 (show verse)
For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.