10: 2 and were all baptized 97unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
97Gk. into
10: 3 and did all eat the same spiritual food;
10: 4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock 98was 99Christ.
98Or, represented See marginal note on Mt 26:26.
99Or, the Christ. Compare Hb 11:26.
10: 5 Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
10: 6 Now these things were 100types of us, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, even as they lusted.
100Or possibly, our examples,
10: 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, 101The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
101 Ex 32:6.
10: 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
10: 9 Neither let us make trial of the 102Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.
102So ℵBC 33 arm. p46 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copsa,bo vg read Christ, A 81 read God,
10: 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
10: 11 Now these things happened unto them 103typically, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
103Or, by way of example
10: 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
10: 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
10: 14 Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
10: 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
10: 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a 104communion of the blood of Christ? The 105bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?
104Or, participation in (both times, and in vss. 18, 20)
105Or, loaf (and both times in vs. 17)
10: 17 106seeing that we the many are one bread, one body: for we all partake 107of the one bread.
106Or, seeing that there is one bread, we, who are many, are one body:
107Gk. from
10: 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
10: 19 what say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
10: 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with the demons.
10: 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
10: 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
10: 23 All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things 108edify.
108Gk. build up.
10: 24 Let no man seek his own, but each 109his neighbor’s well-being.
109Gk. the other’s See Ro 13:8.
10: 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience sake;
10: 26 for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
10: 27 If one of them that believe not biddeth you to a feast, and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience’ sake.
10: 28 But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience’ sake:
10: 29 conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other’s; for why is my liberty judged by another’s conscience?
10: 30 110If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
110Or, If I by grace partake,
10: 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
10: 32 Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
10: 33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
