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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. 22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy {Kyrion}? Are we stronger than He? 23 “Everything is permissible (“All things are lawful,”),” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible, but not everything is edifying (building up). 24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others. 25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s {Kyriou}, and the fullness thereof 27 If an unbeliever invites you⁺ to a meal and you⁺ want to go, eat anything set before you⁺ without raising questions of conscience. 28 But 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 [and for the sake of conscience—for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof]— 29 the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom (liberty) be determined by someone else’s conscience? 30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced (blasphemed) because of that for which I give thanks? 31 So whether you⁺ eat or drink or whatever you⁺ do, do it all to the glory {doxan} of God {Theou}. 32 Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews (people of praise) or Greeks or the church {ekklēsia} of God {Theou}— 33 as 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. 1 Corinthians 10:7-33, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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