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Warning Against Idolatry (1 Corinthians)

1 Corinthians 10:1 - 22 (ESV) Chapter 10Warning Against Idolatry 10 1For I want you to know, brothers,[K]Or brothers and sisters that our fathers were all under bSee Ex. 13:21the cloud, and all cSee Ex. 14:22passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and dEx. 16:15, 35; Deut. 8:3; Neh. 9:15, 20; Ps. 78:24all ate the same ePs. 78:25; 105:40; John 6:31spiritual food, 4and fSee Ex. 17:6all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for gNum. 14:29, 37; 26:64, 65; Ps. 106:26; Heb. 3:17; Jude 5they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as hNum. 11:4, 33, 34; Ps. 78:18; 106:14they did. 7iver. 14Do not be idolaters jEx. 32:4as some of them were; as it is written, kCited from Ex. 32:6“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8lSee ch. 6:18; Acts 15:20We must not indulge in sexual immorality mNum. 25:1as some of them did, and n[Num. 25:9; Ps. 106:29]twenty–three thousand fell in a single day. 9We must not put Christ[L]Some manuscripts the Lord to the test, oNum. 21:5; [Ex. 17:2, 7]; See Ps. 78:18as some of them did and pSee Num. 21:6were destroyed by serpents, 10nor grumble, qSee Num. 14:2as some of them did and rNum. 14:29-37were destroyed by sEx. 12:23; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Ps. 78:49the Destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as an example, but tSee Rom. 4:23they were written down for our instruction, uSee Rom. 13:11on whom the end of the ages has come. 12Therefore vRom. 11:20; [2 Pet. 3:17]let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. wSee ch. 1:9God is faithful, and x[Dan. 3:17]; See 2 Pet. 2:9he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 14Therefore, my beloved, yver. 7flee from idolatry. 15I speak z[ch. 8:1]as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16ach. 11:25; Matt. 26:27, 28The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? bch. 11:23, 24; Matt. 26:26; See Acts 2:42; 20:7The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one bread, we who are many are cch. 12:12, 13, 20; Rom. 12:5; Eph. 4:4, 16; Col. 3:15one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 18Consider dRom. 1:3; 4:1; 9:5; 2 Cor. 11:18the people of Israel:[M]Greek Consider Israel according to the flesh eLev. 3:3; 7:15; [Heb. 13:10]are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? 19What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that fSee ch. 8:4an idol is anything? 20No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice gDeut. 32:17they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21h[2 Cor. 6:15, 16]You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and i[Deut. 32:38]the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and j[Isa. 65:11]the table of demons. 22kDeut. 32:21Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? lEccles. 6:10; Ezek. 22:14Are we stronger than he? 1 Corinthians 10:1 - 22 (ESV)