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| 1Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the fact that all of our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud. They all went through the sea, | 1For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. |
| 2and they all were immersed into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. | 2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. |
| 3They all ate the same spiritual food | 3They all ate the same spiritual food |
| 4and drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual rock that went with them. That rock was the Messiah. | 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. |
| 5But God wasn't pleased with most of those people, and so they were struck down in the wilderness. | 5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. |
| 6Now their experiences serve as examples for us so that we won't set our hearts on evil as they did. | 6Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. |
| 7Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play." | 7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry." |
| 8Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead. | 8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did--and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. |
| 9Let's stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes. | 9We should not test Christ, as some of them did--and were killed by snakes. |
| 10You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer. | 10And do not grumble, as some of them did--and were killed by the destroying angel. |
| 11These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the culmination of the ages has been attained. | 11These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. |
| 12Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn't fall. | 12So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! |
| 13No temptation has overtaken you that is unusual for human beings. But God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. Instead, along with the temptation he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to endure it. | 13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. |
| 14And so, my dear friends, keep on running away from idolatry. | 14Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. |
| 15I am talking to sensible people. Apply what I am saying to yourselves. | 15I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. |
| 16The cup of blessing that we bless is our fellowship in the blood of the Messiah, isn't it? The bread that we break is our fellowship in the body of the Messiah, isn't it? | 16Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? |
| 17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because all of us eat from the same loaf. | 17Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf. |
| 18Look at the Israelis from a human point of view. Those who eat the sacrifices share in what is on the altar, don't they? | 18Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? |
| 19Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything? | 19Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? |
| 20Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons. | 20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. |
| 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot dine with the Lord and dine with demons, | 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. |
| 22or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is? | 22Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he? |
| 23Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up. | 23"I have the right to do anything," you say--but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"--but not everything is constructive. |
| 24No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's. | 24No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. |
| 25Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it on the grounds of conscience, | 25Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, |
| 26for "the earth and everything in it belong to the Lord." | 26for, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it." |
| 27If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, raising no question on the grounds of conscience. | 27If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. |
| 28However, if someone says to you, "This was offered as a sacrifice," don't eat it, both out of consideration for the one who told you and also for the sake of conscience. | 28But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. |
| 29I mean, of course, his conscience, not yours. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else's conscience? | 29I am referring to the other person's conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience? |
| 30If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for? | 30If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for? |
| 31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. | 31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. |
| 32Don't become a stumbling block to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God, | 32Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God-- |
| 33just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved. | 33even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. |
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