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1 I do not want you⁺ to be unaware, brothers (and sisters), that our forefathers {pateres} were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized (submerged) into Moses (drawn out) in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ (the Anointed One). 5 Nevertheless, God {Theos} was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness (solitary place). 6 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. 7 Do 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 (to play).” 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 9 We should not test Christ [test the Lord], as some of them did, and were killed by snakes. 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel \the destroyer/. 11 Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. 13 No temptation has seized you⁺ except what is common to man. And God {Theos} 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. 14 Therefore, my beloved {agapētoi}, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation {koinōnia} in the blood of Christ (the Anointed One)? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. 18 Consider the people of Israel (He wrestles with God): Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar? 19 Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans {ethnē} are offered to demons, not to God {Theō}. And I do not want you⁺ to be participants with demons. 21 You⁺ cannot drink the cup of the Lord {Kyriou} and the cup of demons too; you⁺ cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. 1 Corinthians 10:1-21, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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