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For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, how that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; |
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and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; |
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and did all eat the same spiritual meat; |
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and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ. |
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Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. |
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Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. |
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Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. |
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Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. |
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Neither let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents. |
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Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. |
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Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. |
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Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. |
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There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it. |
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Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. |
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I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. |
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The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ? |
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seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread. |
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Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they which eat the sacrifices communion with the altar? |
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What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? |
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But {cf15i I say}, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with devils. |
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Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils. |
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Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? |
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All things are lawful; but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful; but all things edify not. |
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Let no man seek his own, but {cf15i each} his neighbour-s {cf15i good}. |
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Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience sake; |
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for the earth is the Lord-s, and the fulness thereof. |
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If one of them that believe not biddeth you {cf15i to a feast}, and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. |
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But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: |
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conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other-s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience? |
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If I by grace partake, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? |
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Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. |
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Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God: |
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even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the {cf15i profit} of the many, that they may be saved. |
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