{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/1-corinthians/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-02T19:44:38.214Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":10,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, how that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and did all eat the same spiritual meat;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Neither let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they which eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with devils."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"All things are lawful; but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful; but all things edify not."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbour's good."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience sake;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If one of them that believe not biddeth you to a feast, and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake:"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If I by grace partake, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 10 (ERV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 10](https://primebible.com/erv/1-corinthians/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/1-corinthians/10 (accessed 2026-06-02)."}}