1 Corinthians 10 - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

Chapter 10Paul uses Israel's history to warn Christians

1My Christian friends, remember what happened to our Israelite ancestors. Moses led them out of Egypt long ago. While they followed Moses, they all walked under the same cloud. All of them walked across the Red Sea.

2It is as if God baptized all of them in the cloud and in the sea. In that way, they became people who followed Moses.

3All our ancestors ate the same spiritual food.

4All of them drank the same spiritual drink. They drank water from the spiritual rock that went with them. Christ was that rock.

5They all received the same help from God, but most of them did not please God. God caused most of them to die in the wilderness.

6We must learn from the things that happened to our ancestors. We must not want to do very bad things, like they did.

7Do not worship idols, as some of them did. The Bible says: ‘The people sat down to eat and to drink. After that, they got up from their meal and they danced.’

8We must not have sex in wrong ways. Some of our ancestors did that, and 23,000 of them died in one day as a result.

9We must not do bad things to see whether the Lord will punish us. Some of our ancestors did that, and God sent snakes to destroy them.

10Do not complain against God. When some of our ancestors spoke like that, God sent an angel of death to kill them.

11All these things happened to our ancestors so that we would learn from them. They are written in the Bible to teach us important lessons. We are people who live at a time when all things will become complete.

12If you think that you are standing strongly against sin, be careful! Do not fall down!

13The things that test you are the same things that test other people too. You can always trust God to help you. When you want to do something wrong, God will make you strong in your spirit. When something bad tests you, God will not let it be too strong for you. He will show you a way to escape, so that you do not do anything wrong.

Christians must be careful not to worship idols

14So, my friends, keep away from idols. Do not worship them.

15You are people who think carefully about things. So think about what I am saying to you.

16When we eat the Lord's Supper together, we remember that Christ died on our behalf. We thank God for the wine that we drink from the cup. In that way, we remember that we all belong to Christ because of his blood. We also break the bread and we eat it together. In that way, we remember that we all belong to Christ because of his body that died on the cross.

17We are many people, but all of us eat part of the same loaf of bread. This shows that we are one group of people. We belong together because Christ died on our behalf.

18Think about Israel's people. They eat part of the animals that the priests offer on the altar as a sacrifice. This shows that they share together in the sacrifice.

19So think about food that people offer to idols as a sacrifice. I am not saying that the idols are real gods. The food that people offer to them is not special food.

20But the people who offer food to idols are worshipping demons. They are not worshipping God when they do that. I do not want you to join with demons in any way.

21If you drink anything from the cup of demons, you cannot then drink wine from the Lord's cup. If you share a meal with demons, you cannot also share in the Lord's meal.

22If we do things like that, we will cause the Lord to be angry. We should worship only him. You know that we are not stronger than he is!

Christians should live in a way that pleases God

23Some of you might say, ‘We are free to do anything that we want to do!’ But I tell you that not everything is good for you to do. You might say, ‘We are free to do anything!’ But not everything helps us to be strong as believers.

24Do not think about the things that will help you. Instead, each of you should think about what will help other people.

25You can eat any meat that people sell in the market. Do not ask questions about the meat. Do not worry about whether it is right or wrong to eat it.

26The Bible says, ‘The earth, and everything in it, belongs to the Lord.’

27Someone who does not believe in Christ may ask you to eat a meal with him. Agree to go to his home, if you want to. Then you should eat whatever food he gives you. Do not ask questions about the food. Do not worry about it.

28But someone there might say to you, ‘People have offered this food to an idol.’ If someone tells you that, do not eat the food. It might cause the person who told you to be upset.

29It might not cause your own thoughts to be upset. But the other person may think that it is wrong to eat it.

Perhaps you will say, ‘Why should another person's thoughts decide what is right for me? I am free to do what I want to do.

30I thank God for my food before I eat it. If I do that, nobody should say that it is wrong for me to eat it.’

31Whatever you are doing, give honour to God. That includes when you eat food, or when you drink anything.

32Do not live in a way that causes problems for other people. That is true whether they are Jews or Gentiles, or people who belong to God's church.

33Copy my example. Whatever I do, I try to please other people. I do not try to do what will help me. Instead, I want to help other people. I live in that way so that God will save many people.