1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.stylusExodus 14:29, Exodus 14:29, Nehemiah 9:11, Nehemiah 9:12, Nehemiah 9:112They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.stylusHebrews 3:2, Hebrews 3:3, Hebrews 3:2, Hebrews 3:3, 1 Corinthians 1:133They all ate the same spiritual foodstylusDeuteronomy 8:3, Deuteronomy 8:3, Nehemiah 9:15, Nehemiah 9:15, Nehemiah 9:204and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.stylusExodus 17:6, Exodus 17:6, John 7:37, John 7:37, Isaiah 48:215Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.stylusHebrews 3:17, Hebrews 3:17, Jude 1:5, Jude 1:5, Numbers 26:646These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.stylusJude 1:7, Jude 1:7, 1 Corinthians 10:11, 1 Corinthians 10:11, Hebrews 4:117Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”stylusExodus 32:6, Exodus 32:8, Exodus 32:6, Exodus 32:8, Psalms 106:198We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.stylusNumbers 25:1, Numbers 25:9, Numbers 25:1, Numbers 25:9, 1 Corinthians 6:189We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.stylusNumbers 21:5, Numbers 21:6, Numbers 21:5, Numbers 21:6, Psalms 78:1810And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.stylusNumbers 14:2, Numbers 16:41, Numbers 14:2, Numbers 16:41, Numbers 14:3711Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.stylusRomans 15:4, Romans 15:4, Romans 13:11, Romans 13:11, 1 John 2:1812So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.stylusRomans 11:20, Romans 11:20, Proverbs 16:18, 2 Peter 3:17, Proverbs 16:1813No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. 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 an escape, so that you can stand up under it.stylus2 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Timothy 4:18, 2 Timothy 4:18, 2 Thessalonians 3:314Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.stylusRevelation 21:8, Revelation 21:8, 1 John 5:21, 1 John 5:21, 1 Peter 2:1115I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.stylus1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:1, Job 34:216Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?stylusMatthew 26:26, Matthew 26:28, Matthew 26:26, Matthew 26:28, 1 Corinthians 11:2317Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.stylusRomans 12:5, Romans 12:5, Colossians 3:15, 1 Corinthians 12:27, 1 Corinthians 12:1218Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?stylusLeviticus 7:6, Philippians 3:3, Philippians 3:5, Galatians 6:16, Leviticus 3:1119Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?stylus1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Corinthians 8:4, Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Corinthians 3:7, Isaiah 40:1720No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.stylusRevelation 9:20, Revelation 9:20, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:17, Deuteronomy 32:1621You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.stylusMatthew 6:24, Matthew 6:24, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Kings 18:21, 2 Corinthians 6:1522Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?stylusDeuteronomy 32:21, Deuteronomy 32:21, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:16, Ezekiel 22:1423“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.stylus1 Corinthians 6:12, 1 Corinthians 6:12, 1 Corinthians 8:9, 1 Corinthians 8:9, Ephesians 4:2924No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.stylusRomans 15:1, Romans 15:2, Romans 15:1, Romans 15:2, Philippians 2:425Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,stylus1 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Timothy 4:4, 1 Timothy 4:4, Titus 1:1526for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”stylusPsalms 24:1, Psalms 24:1, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 10:1427If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.stylus1 Corinthians 10:25, 1 Corinthians 10:25, Luke 10:7, Luke 10:8, Luke 10:728But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—stylus1 Corinthians 8:10, 1 Corinthians 8:13, 1 Corinthians 8:10, 1 Corinthians 8:13, 1 Corinthians 8:729the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?stylus1 Corinthians 9:19, 1 Corinthians 9:19, Romans 14:15, Romans 14:21, Romans 14:1530If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?stylusRomans 14:6, Romans 14:6, 1 Timothy 4:3, 1 Timothy 4:4, 1 Timothy 4:331So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.stylusColossians 3:17, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:23, Colossians 3:23, 1 Peter 4:1132Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—stylus1 Corinthians 10:33, Acts 20:28, 1 Corinthians 10:33, Acts 20:28, Romans 14:1333as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.stylus1 Corinthians 10:24, Galatians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 10:24, Galatians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 9:19