1 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
Οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν πάντες ὑπὸ τὴν νεφέλην ἦσαν καὶ πάντες διὰ τῆς θαλάσσης διῆλθον,
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
καὶ πάντες εἰς τὸν Μωϋσῆν ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ καὶ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ
3 They all ate the same spiritual food
καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ βρῶμα ἔφαγον
4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πόμα, ἔπινον γὰρ ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης πέτρας, ἡ δὲ ἦν ὁ Χριστός·
5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐν τοῖς πλείοσιν αὐτῶν εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεός· κατεστρώθησαν γὰρ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
6 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
ταῦτα δὲ τύποι ἡμῶν ἐγενήθησαν εἰς τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐπιθυμητὰς κακῶν καθὼς κἀκεῖνοι ἐπεθύμησαν.
7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”
μηδὲ εἰδωλολάτραι γίνεσθε καθώς τινες αὐτῶν γέγραπται· ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν.
8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
μηδὲ πορνεύωμεν καθώς τινες αὐτῶν ἐπόρνευσαν, καὶ ἔπεσαν ἕν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ εἴκοσι τρεῖς χιλιάδες.
9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
μηδὲ ἐκπειράζωμεν τὸν Χριστόν καθώς καί τινες αὐτῶν ἐπείρασαν, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ὄφεων
10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
μηδὲ γογγύζετε καί τινὲς αὐτῶν ἐγόγγυσαν, καὶ ἀπώλοντο ὑπὸ τοῦ ὀλοθρευτοῦ.
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.
ταῦτα δὲ πάντα ἐκείνοις, ἐγράφη δὲ πρὸς νουθεσίαν ἡμῶν εἰς οὓς τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων
12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
Ὥστε ὁ δοκῶν ἑστάναι βλεπέτω μὴ πέσῃ.
13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God 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.
πειρασμὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ εἴληφεν εἰ μὴ ἀνθρώπινος· πιστὸς δὲ ὁ θεός, ὃς οὐκ ἐάσει ὑμᾶς πειρασθῆναι ὑπὲρ ὃ δύνασθε, ἀλλὰ ποιήσει σὺν τῷ πειρασμῷ καὶ τὴν ἔκβασιν τοῦ δύνασθαι ὑμᾶς ὑπενεγκεῖν.
14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
Διόπερ, ἀγαπητοί μου, φεύγετε ἀπὸ τῆς εἰδωλολατρίας.
15 I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
ὡς φρονίμοις λέγω, κρίνατε ὑμεῖς ὅ φημι.
16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
τὸ ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας ὃ εὐλογοῦμεν, οὐχὶ κοινωνία τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ; τὸν ἄρτον ὃν κλῶμεν, οὐχὶ κοινωνία τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐστιν;
17 Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
ὅτι εἷς ἄρτος ἓν σῶμα οἱ πολλοί ἐσμεν· οἱ γὰρ πάντες ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μετέχομεν.
18 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
βλέπετε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ σάρκα· οἱ ἐσθίοντες τὰς θυσίας κοινωνοὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου εἰσίν;
19 Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Τί οὖν φημι; ὅτι τί ἐστιν ἢ ὅτι τί ἐστιν;
20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι ἃ τὰ ἔθνη, δαιμονίοις οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων γίνεσθαι.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
οὐ δύνασθε ποτήριον κυρίου πίνειν καὶ ποτήριον δαιμονίων· οὐ δύνασθε τραπέζης κυρίου μετέχειν καὶ τραπέζης δαιμονίων.
22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
ἢ παραζηλοῦμεν τὸν κύριον; μὴ ἰσχυρότεροι αὐτοῦ ἐσμεν;
23 “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
Πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει· πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντα οἰκοδομεῖ.
24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
μηδεὶς τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ζητείτω ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου ἕκαστος.
25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
Πᾶν τὸ ἐν μακέλλῳ πωλούμενον ἐσθίετε μηδὲν ἀνακρίνοντες διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν·
26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
τοῦ γὰρ ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.
27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
Εἴ δέ τις καλεῖ ὑμᾶς τῶν ἀπίστων καὶ θέλετε πορεύεσθαι, πᾶν τὸ παρατιθέμενον ὑμῖν ἐσθίετε μηδὲν ἀνακρίνοντες διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν·
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—
ἐὰν δέ τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ· τοῦτο ἐστιν, μὴ ἐσθίετε δι᾽ ἐκεῖνον τὸν μηνύσαντα καὶ τὴν συνείδησιν· τοῦ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.
29 the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
συνείδησιν δὲ λέγω οὐχὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ ἑτέρου. ἱνατί γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία μου κρίνεται ὑπὸ ἄλλης συνειδήσεως;
30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ χάριτι μετέχω, τί βλασφημοῦμαι ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εὐχαριστῶ;
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
εἴτε οὖν ἐσθίετε εἴτε πίνετε εἴτε τι ποιεῖτε, πάντα εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ ποιεῖτε.
32 Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
ἀπρόσκοποι καὶ Ἰουδαίοις καὶ Ἕλλησιν καὶ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ,
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.
καθὼς κἀγὼ πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω μὴ ζητῶν τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀλλὰ τὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἵνα σωθῶσιν.
English: The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain; World English Bible and King James Version, public domain. Original text: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), license CC BY 4.0 — Hebrew from the Leningrad Codex and Greek from the Textus Receptus.