Outline
I. Introduction (1:1-9)
1 Corinthians 10 NLT
1 I don’t want you to forget, dear
brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of
them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked
through the sea on dry ground.
2 In the cloud and in the sea, all of them
were baptized as followers of Moses.
3All of them ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all of them drank the same spiritual
water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that
rock was Christ.
5 Yet God was not pleased with most of
them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 These things happened as a warning to
us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did,
7 or worship idols as some of them did. As
the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they
indulged in pagan revelry.”
8 And we must not engage in sexual
immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.
9 Nor should we put Christ to the test, as
some of them did and then died from snakebites.
10 And don’t grumble as some of them did,
and then were destroyed by the angel of death.
11 These things happened to them as
examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the
age.
12 If you think you are standing strong, be
careful not to fall.
13 The temptations in your life are no
different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow
the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will
show you a way out so that you can endure.
14 So, my dear friends, flee from the
worship of idols.
15 You are reasonable people. Decide for
yourselves if what I am saying is true.
16When we bless the cup at the Lord’s Table,
aren’t we sharing in the blood of Christ? And when we break the bread, aren’t
we sharing in the body of Christ?
17 And though we are many, we all eat from
one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body.
18 Think about the people of Israel.
Weren’t they united by eating the sacrifices at the altar?
19 What am I trying to say? Am I saying
that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real
gods?
20 No, not at all. I am saying that these
sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to
participate with demons.
21 You cannot drink from the cup of the
Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at
the table of demons, too.
22 What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s
jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?
23 You say, “I am allowed to do anything”
—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but
not everything is beneficial.
24 Don’t be concerned for your own good but
for the good of others.
25 So you may eat any meat that is sold in
the marketplace without raising questions of conscience.
26 For “the earth is the LORD ’s, and
everything in it.”
27 If someone who isn’t a believer asks you
home for dinner, accept the invitation if you want to. Eat whatever is offered
to you without raising questions of conscience.
28 (But suppose someone tells you, “This
meat was offered to an idol.” Don’t eat it, out of consideration for the
conscience of the one who told you.
29 It might not be a matter of conscience
for you, but it is for the other person.) For why should my freedom be limited
by what someone else thinks?
30 If I can thank God for the food and
enjoy it, why should I be condemned for eating it?
31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever
you do, do it all for the glory of God.
32 Don’t give offense to Jews or Gentiles
or the church of God.
33 I, too, try to please everyone in
everything I do. I don’t just do what is best for me; I do what is best for
others so that many may be saved.
1 Corinthians 11 NLT
1 And you should imitate me, just as I imitate
Christ.
