9. Let’s not test Christ, like some of them did, and were killed by the snakes.
10. Let’s not grumble, like some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.
11. These things happened to them as an example and were written as a warning for us to whom the end of time has come.
12. So those who think they are standing need to watch out or else they may fall.
13. No temptation has seized you that isn’t common for people. But God is faithful. He won’t allow you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead, with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it.
14. So then, my dear friends, run away from the worship of false gods!
15. I’m talking to you like you are sensible people. Think about what I’m saying.
16. Isn’t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn’t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
17. Since there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are one body, because we all share the one loaf of bread.
18. Look at the people of Israel. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices share from the altar?
19. What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to a false god is anything, or that a false god is anything?
20. No, but this kind of sacrifice is sacrificed to demons and not to God. I don’t want you to be sharing in demons.
21. You can’t drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you can’t participate in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
22. Or should we make the Lord jealous? We aren’t stronger than he is, are we?