1 C hristian brothers, I want you to know what happened to our early fathers. They all walked from the country of Egypt under the cloud that showed them the way, and they all passed through the waters of the Red Sea.

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

2 T hey were all baptized as they followed Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

and all to Moses were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea;

3 A ll of them ate the same holy food.

and all the same spiritual food did eat,

4 T hey all drank the same holy drink. They drank from a holy Rock that went along with them. That holy Rock was Christ.

and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;

5 E ven then most of them did not please God. He destroyed them in the desert.

but in the most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness,

6 T hese things show us something. They teach us not to want things that are bad for us like those people did.

and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

7 W e must not worship false gods as some of them did. The Holy Writings tell us, “The people sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up to play.”

Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, `The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'

8 W e must not do sex sins as some of them did. In one day 23, 000 died.

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

9 W e must not test the Lord as some of them did. They were destroyed by snakes.

neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;

10 W e must not complain against God as some of them did. That is why they were destroyed.

neither murmur ye, as also some of them did murmur, and did perish by the destroyer.

11 A ll these things happened to show us something. They were written to teach us that the end of the world is near.

And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,

12 S o watch yourself! The person who thinks he can stand against sin had better watch that he does not fall into sin.

so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.

13 Y ou have never been tempted to sin in any different way than other people. God is faithful. He will not allow you to be tempted more than you can take. But when you are tempted, He will make a way for you to keep from falling into sin. Teaching About the Lord’s Supper

No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear.

14 M y dear friends, keep away from the worship of false gods.

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from the idolatry;

15 I am speaking to you who are able to understand. See if what I am saying is true.

as to wise men I speak -- judge ye what I say:

16 W hen we give thanks for the fruit of the vine at the Lord’s supper, are we not sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread we eat at the Lord’s supper, are we not sharing in the body of Christ?

The cup of the blessing that we bless -- is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break -- is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

17 T here is one bread, and many of us Christians make up the body of Christ. All of us eat from that bread.

because one bread, one body, are we the many -- for we all of the one bread do partake.

18 L ook at the Jews. They ate the animals that were brought to God as gifts in worship and put on the altar. Did this not show they were sharing with God?

See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?

19 W hat do I mean? Am I saying that a false god or the food brought to it in worship is worth anything?

what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? --

20 N o, not at all! I am saying that the people who do not know God bring gifts of animals in worship. But they have given them to demons, not to God. You do not want to have any share with demons.

but that the things that the nations sacrifice -- they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons.

21 Y ou cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons. You cannot eat at the Lord’s table and at the demon’s table.

Ye are not able the cup of the Lord to drink, and the cup of demons; ye are not able of the table of the Lord to partake, and of the table of demons;

22 A re we trying to make the Lord jealous? Do we think we are stronger than the Lord?

do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

23 W e are allowed to do anything, but not everything is good for us to do. We are allowed to do anything, but not all things help us grow strong as Christians.

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

24 D o not work only for your own good. Think of what you can do for others.

let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

25 E at any meat that is sold in the stores. Ask no questions about it. Then your heart will not say it is wrong.

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

26 T he Holy Writings say, “The earth and everything in it belongs to the Lord.”

for the Lord's the earth, and its fulness;

27 I f a person who is not a Christian wants you to eat with him, and you want to go, eat anything that is on the table. Ask no questions about the food. Then your heart will not say it is wrong.

and if any one of the unbelieving do call you, and ye wish to go, all that is set before you eat, nothing inquiring, because of the conscience;

28 B ut if someone says, “This meat has been given as a gift to false gods in worship,” do not eat it. In that way, it will not hurt the faith of the one who told you and his heart will have peace.

and if any one may say to you, `This is a thing sacrificed to an idol,' -- do not eat, because of that one who shewed, and of the conscience, for the Lord's the earth and its fulness:

29 H ow the other person feels is important. We are not free to do things that will hurt another person.

and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?

30 I f I can give thanks to God for my food, why should anyone say that I am wrong about eating food I can give thanks for?

and if I thankfully do partake, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?

31 S o if you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to honor God.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

32 D o nothing that would make trouble for a Greek or for a Jew or for the church of God.

become offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God;

33 I want to please everyone in all that I do. I am not thinking of myself. I want to do what is best for them so they may be saved from the punishment of sin.

as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.