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For ^(a)I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all ^(b)under the cloud and all ^(c)passed through the sea;

and all were ^(d)baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

and all ^(e)ate the same spiritual food;

and all ^(f)drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was ^[a]Christ.

Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for ^(g)they were laid low in the wilderness.

Now these things happened as ^(h)examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as ⁽ⁱ⁾they also craved.

Do not be ^(j)idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "^(k) The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to ^(l) play ."

Nor let us act immorally, as ^(m)some of them ^[b]did, and ⁽ⁿ⁾twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

Nor let us try the Lord, as ^(o)some of them ^[c]did, and were destroyed by the serpents.

Nor ^(p)grumble, as some of them ^[d]did, and ^(q)were destroyed by the ^(r)destroyer.

Now these things happened to them as an ^(s)example, and ^(t)they were written for our instruction, upon whom ^(u)the ends of the ages have come.

Therefore let him who ^(v)thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and ^(w)God is faithful, who will not allow you to be ^(x)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.

Therefore, my ^(y)beloved, flee from ^(z)idolatry.

I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.

Is not the ^(aa)cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the ^[e](ab)bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

Since there is one ^[f]bread, we ^(ac)who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one ^[g]bread.

Look at ^[h]the nation ^(ad)Israel; are not those who ^(ae)eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or ^(af)that an idol is anything?

No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they ^(ag)sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

^(ah)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(ai)the table of demons.

Or do we ^(aj)provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not ^(ak)stronger than He, are we?

^(al)All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things ^(am)edify.

Let no one ^(an)seek his own good, but that of his ^[i]neighbor.

^(ao)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience' sake;

^(ap) for the earth is the Lord's, and ^[j] all it contains .

If ^(aq)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, ^(ar)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience' sake.

But ^(as)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;

I mean not your own conscience, but the other man's; for ^(at)why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?

If I partake with thankfulness, ^(au)why am I slandered concerning that for which I ^(av)give thanks?

Whether, then, you eat or drink or ^(aw)whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

^(ax)Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to ^(ay)the church of God;

just as I also ^(az)please all men in all things, ^(ba)not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, ^(bb)so that they may be saved.