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1 Corinthians 10:11For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 14:29Neh 9:11-12Ps 78:13-14Ps 105:39Ps 106:7-11Exod 13:21-22Exod 14:19-221 Cor 14:38Heb 11:29Ps 77:16-20
1 Corinthians 10:22and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 3:2-31 Cor 1:13-16Exod 14:31Rom 6:3Gal 3:27John 9:28-29
1 Corinthians 10:33and all ate the same spiritual food,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 8:3Neh 9:15Exod 16:35Exod 16:4Neh 9:20Exod 16:15Ps 105:40Ps 78:23-25John 6:22-58
1 Corinthians 10:44and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 17:6John 7:37Isa 48:21John 4:14Ps 105:41Num 20:11Ps 78:15Ps 78:20John 4:10Isa 43:20
1 Corinthians 10:55But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 3:17Jude 1:5Num 26:64-65Num 14:37Num 14:11-12Num 14:28-35Ps 106:26Ps 78:32-34Deut 1:34-35Ps 95:11
1 Corinthians 10:66These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jude 1:71 Cor 10:112 Pet 2:6Heb 4:11Num 11:4Zeph 3:6-7Num 11:31-34Ps 106:14-151 Pet 3:21Ps 78:27-31
1 Corinthians 10:77So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:6-8Ps 106:19-201 Cor 6:9Deut 9:121 Cor 10:14Deut 9:16-211 Cor 5:111 John 5:21Exod 32:17Exod 32:19
1 Corinthians 10:88And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and 23,000 died in a single day.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 25:1-91 Cor 6:18Ps 106:291 Cor 6:9Rev 2:14
1 Corinthians 10:99And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 21:5-6Ps 78:18Heb 3:8-11Exod 17:2Deut 6:16Exod 17:7Ps 78:56Exod 23:20-21Ps 106:14Ps 95:9
1 Corinthians 10:1010And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 14:2Num 16:41Num 14:37Phil 2:141 Chr 21:152 Sam 24:16Ps 106:25Exod 12:23Jude 1:16Exod 15:24
1 Corinthians 10:1111These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:4Rom 13:111 Cor 9:101 John 2:18Phil 4:5Rom 4:23Heb 10:25Heb 10:371 Cor 7:29
1 Corinthians 10:1212So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:202 Pet 3:17Prov 16:181 Cor 8:2Matt 26:40-41Matt 26:33-34Prov 28:14Rev 3:17-181 Cor 4:6-8
1 Corinthians 10:1313No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:92 Tim 4:182 Thess 3:31 Pet 5:8-9Heb 12:41 Thess 5:24Rom 8:28-392 Cor 12:8-10Eph 6:12-13Luke 22:46
1 Corinthians 10:1414So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 21:81 John 5:211 Pet 2:112 Cor 7:12 Cor 6:17Rev 22:15Rev 2:141 Cor 10:20-211 Cor 10:7Rev 13:8
1 Corinthians 10:1515I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:211 Cor 8:11 Cor 11:131 Cor 14:201 Cor 4:101 Cor 6:5Job 34:2-3
1 Corinthians 10:1616Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 26:26-281 Cor 11:23-29Acts 2:42Heb 3:141 John 1:7John 6:53-58Luke 22:19-201 John 1:3Acts 2:461 Cor 1:9
1 Corinthians 10:1717Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:5Col 3:151 Cor 12:121 Cor 12:27Eph 4:12-13Eph 4:16Eph 4:25Eph 4:4Gal 3:26-28Col 3:11
1 Corinthians 10:1818Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:11-12Gal 6:16Lev 3:11Lev 7:6Phil 3:3-51 Cor 9:132 Cor 11:18-22Lev 3:3-5Rom 1:3Rom 4:1
1 Corinthians 10:1919Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 8:41 Cor 1:281 Cor 13:21 Cor 3:7Deut 32:21Isa 40:17Isa 41:292 Cor 12:11
1 Corinthians 10:2020No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 9:20Ps 106:37-39Deut 32:16-172 Cor 4:4Lev 17:72 Chr 11:15
1 Corinthians 10:2121You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 6:241 Kgs 18:212 Cor 6:15-17Isa 65:111 Cor 10:16Deut 32:37-381 Cor 8:10
1 Corinthians 10:2222Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:21Deut 32:16Heb 10:31Deut 4:24Deut 6:15Eccl 6:10Exod 20:5Exod 34:14Ezek 22:14Job 40:9-14
1 Corinthians 10:2323“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 6:121 Cor 8:9Eph 4:29Rom 14:19-201 Thess 5:11Rom 15:1-2Rom 14:151 Cor 14:171 Cor 14:261 Cor 14:12
1 Corinthians 10:2424Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:1-2Phil 2:4-51 Cor 10:33Phil 2:211 Cor 9:19-231 Cor 13:52 Cor 12:14
1 Corinthians 10:2525Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 4:41 Cor 8:7Titus 1:15Rom 14:141 Cor 10:27-29Acts 10:15Rom 13:5
1 Corinthians 10:2626for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 24:1Ps 50:12Exod 19:5Deut 10:14Job 41:111 Tim 6:171 Cor 10:28
1 Corinthians 10:2727If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:25Luke 10:7-81 Cor 5:9-112 Cor 1:132 Cor 4:22 Cor 5:11Luke 15:23Luke 19:7Luke 5:29-30
1 Corinthians 10:2828But if someone says to you, “This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience —Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 8:10-131 Cor 8:7Rom 14:151 Cor 10:26Jer 27:5-6Matt 6:31-32Ps 115:16Deut 10:14Exod 9:29Ps 24:1
1 Corinthians 10:2929I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:19Rom 14:15-211 Cor 8:9-131 Cor 10:321 Thess 5:222 Cor 8:21
1 Corinthians 10:3030If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 14:61 Tim 4:3-4
1 Corinthians 10:3131So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:17Col 3:231 Pet 4:11Deut 12:7Deut 12:18Zech 7:5-6Deut 12:12Luke 11:41Neh 8:16-181 Cor 7:34
1 Corinthians 10:3232Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:281 Cor 10:33Rom 14:131 Cor 8:132 Cor 6:3Acts 24:161 Cor 11:221 Tim 3:151 Tim 3:5Phil 1:10
1 Corinthians 10:3333just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:24Gal 1:101 Cor 9:19-23Rom 15:2-32 Cor 12:19Rom 11:142 Cor 11:28-29
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