10:01 .. for I do not want you to be unaware .. brethren .. that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea 10:02 .. and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea 10:03 .. and all ate the same spiritual food 10:04 .. and all drank the same spiritual drink .. for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them .. and the rock was Christ 10:05 .. nevertheless .. with most of them God was not well-pleased .. for they were laid low in the wilderness 10:06 .. now these things happened as examples for us .. so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved
10:07 .. do not be idolaters .. as some of them were .. as it is written . . . the people sat down to eat and drink .. ......... and stood up to play 10:08 .. nor let us act immorally .. as some of them did .. and twenty-three thousand fell in one day 10:09 .. nor let us try the Lord .. as some of them did .. and were destroyed by the serpents 10:10 .. nor grumble .. as some of them did .. and were destroyed by the destroyer 10:11 .. now these things happened to them as an example .. and they were written for our instruction .. ......... upon whom the ends of the ages have come 10:12 .. therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall 10:13 .. no temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man .. and God is faithful .. ......... who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able .. ......... but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also .. so that you will be able to endure it
10:14 .. therefore .. my beloved .. flee from idolatry 10:15 .. I speak as to wise men .. you judge what I say
10:16 .. Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ .. Is not the bread which we ......... break a sharing in the body of Christ 10:17 .. since there is one bread .. we who are many are one body .. for we all partake of the one bread 10:18 .. look at the nation Israel .. are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar 10:19 .. what do I mean then .. that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything .. or that an idol is anything 10:20 .. no .. but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice .. they sacrifice to demons and not to God .. ......... and I do not want you to become sharers in demons 10:21 .. you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons .. you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ......... the table of demons 10:22 .. or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy .. we are not stronger than he .. are we
10:24 .. let no one seek his own good .. but that of his neighbor 10:25 .. eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience’ sake 10:26 .. for the earth is the Lord’s .. and all it contains 10:27 .. If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go .. eat anything that is set before you without asking ......... questions for conscience’ sake 10:28 .. but if anyone says to you .. this is meat sacrificed to idols .. do not eat it .. for the sake of the one who informed you .. ......... and for conscience’ sake 10:29 .. I mean not your own conscience .. but the other man’s .. for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience 10:30 .. If I partake with thankfulness .. why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks 10:31 .. whether ..then .. you eat or drink or whatever you do .. do all to the glory of God 10:32 .. give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God 10:33 .. just as I also please all men in all things .. not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many .. so that they may be saved
We should take warning from those who have gone before us .. that carnal desires are the source and root of much sin and if not checked we know not whither they will carry us .. to partake of the Lord’s table is to profess to be in friendship and fellowship with him .. and communion with Christ and communion with Satan can never be had at once .. therefore let us aim in eating .. drinking and in all we do .. to glorify God . . . . v 16 the ceremony of the Lord’s supper is a token whereby we professedly hold communion with him whose body was broken and blood shed to procure remission of our sins and the favor of God .. v 3-4 he is that Bread which came down from heaven .. he is the Rock out of which refreshing streams come to the believer .. It is impossible to be in alliance with him without being devoted to him