{"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/wnt/1-corinthians/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:59:04.051Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","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 have you remember, brethren, how our forefathers were all of them  sheltered by the cloud, and all got safely through the  Red Sea."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"All were baptized in the cloud and in the sea  to be followers of Moses."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"All ate the same  spiritual food,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and all drank the same  spiritual drink; for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them--and that rock was the Christ."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And you must not be worshippers of idols, as some of them were. For it is written, |The People sat down to eat and drink, and stood up  to dance.|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Nor may we be fornicators, like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day  23,000 of them fell dead."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And do not let us  test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"All this kept happening to them with a figurative meaning; but it was put on record by way of admonition to us  upon whom the  ends of the Ages have come."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So then let him who thinks he is standing securely beware of falling."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"No  temptation  has you in its power but such as is common to human nature; and God is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. But, when the temptation comes, He will also provide the way of escape; so that you may be able to bear it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Therefore, my dear friends, avoid all connection with the worship of idols."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I speak as to men of sense: judge for yourselves of what I say."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; we, all of us, share in that one loaf."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Look at the Israelites--the nation and their ritual. Are not those who eat the sacrifices joint-partakers in the altar?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"No, but that which  the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to God; and I would not have you  have fellowship with one another through the demons."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons: you cannot be joint-partakers both in the table of the Lord and in the table of demons."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Or are we actually arousing the Lord  to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Anything that is for sale in the meat market, eat, and ask no questions  for conscience' sake;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"for the earth is the Lord's, and all that it contains."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If an unbeliever gives you an invitation and you are disposed to accept it, eat whatever is put before you, and ask no questions for conscience' sake."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But  if any one tells you, |This food has been offered in sacrifice;| abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you, and, as before, for conscience' sake."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"But now I mean his conscience, not your own.  |Why, on what ground,| you may object, |is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If, so far as I am concerned, I partake with a grateful heart, why am I to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which I give thanks?|"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 10 (WNT)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 10](https://primebible.com/wnt/1-corinthians/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/1-corinthians/10 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}