1 Corinthians 10

1 Brethren I wolde not that ye shuld be ignoraunt of this how yt oure fathers were all vnder a cloude and all passed thorow the see

I want you to bear in mind, Brothers, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

2 and were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see:

that in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;

3 and dyd all eate of one spirituall meate

and that they all ate the same supernatural food,

4 and did all drincke of one maner of spirituall drincke. And they dranke of that spretuall rocke that folowed them which rocke was Christ.

and all drank the same supernatural water, for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which followed them, and that rock was the Christ.

5 But in many of them had god no delite. For they were overthrowen in the wildernes.

Yet with most of them God was displeased; for they were ‘struck down in the desert.’

6 These are ensamples to vs that we shuld not lust after evyll thinges as they lusted

Now these things happened as warnings to us, to teach us not to long for evil things as our forefathers longed.

7 Nether be ye worshippers of Images as were some of them accordynge as it is written: The people sate doune to eate and drynke and rose vp agayne to playe.

Do not become idolaters, as some of them became. Scripture says — ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance.’

8 Nether let vs comit fornicacion as some of them committed fornicacion and were destroyed in one daye. xxiii. thousande.

Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.

9 Nether let vs tempte Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes.

Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they ‘were, one after another, destroyed by the snakes.’

10 Nether murmure ye as some of them murmured and were destroyed of ye destroyer

And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so ‘were destroyed by the Angel of Death.’

11 All these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples and were written to put vs in remembraunce whom the endes of the worlde are come apon. (aiōn g165)

These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come. (aiōn g165)

12 Wherfore let hym that thynketh he stodeth take hede least he fall.

Therefore let the man who thinks that he stands take care that he does not fall.

13 There hath none other temptacion taken you but soche as foloweth ye nature of ma. But God is faythfull which shall not suffer you to be tempted above youre strenght: but shall in the myddes of the temptacion make awaye to escape out.

No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.

14 Wherfore my deare beloued fle from worshippynge of ydols.

Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.

15 I speake as vnto them which have discrecion Iudge ye what I saye.

I speak to you as man of discernment; form your own judgment about what I am saying.

16 Ys not the cuppe of blessinge which we blesse partakynge of ye bloude of Christ? ys not the breed which we breake partetakynge of the body of Christ?

In the Cup of Blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the Bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the Body of the Christ?

17 because that we (though we be many) yet are one breed and one bodye in as moch as we all are partetakers of one breed.

The Bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one Bread.

18 Beholde Israhell which walketh carnally. Are not they which eate of the sacrifyse partetakers of the aultre?

Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices share with the altar?

19 What saye I then? that the ymage is eny thinge? or that it which is offered to ymages is eny thinge?

What do I mean? you ask. That an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?

20 Nay but I saye that those thinges which the gentyle offer they offer to devyls and not to god. And I wolde not that ye shuld have fellishippe with ye devils

No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles ‘are offered to demons and to a Being who is no God,’ and I do not want you to share with demons.

21 Ye canot drincke of the cup of the lorde and of yt cup of ye deuyls. Ye cnanot be partetakers of the lordes table and of the table of deuelles.

You cannot drink both the Cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the Table of the Lord and at the table of demons.

22 Ether shall we provoke the lorde? Or are we stronger then he? All thynges are laufull vnto me but all thynges are not expedient.

Or ‘are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord’? Are we stronger than he?

23 All thynges are lawfull to me but all thinges edifye not.

Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable! Yes, but everything does not build up character.

24 Let no man seke his awne proffet: but let every man seke anothers welthe.

A man must not study his own interests, but the interests of others.

25 What soever is solde in the market that eate and axe no questions for conscience sake

Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;

26 For the erth is the lordis and all that therein is.

for ‘the earth, with all that is in it, belongs to the Lord.’

27 Yf eny of them which beleve not bid you to a feest and yf ye be disposed to goo what soever is seet before you: eate axinge no question for conscience sake.

If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you consent to go, eat anything that is put before you, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples.

28 But and yf eny man saye vnto you: this is dedicate vnto ydols eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for hurtynge of conscience.

But, if any one should say to you ‘This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,’ then, for the sake of the speaker and his scruples, do not eat it.

29 Conscience I saye not thyne: but the coscieuce of that other. For why shuld my liberte be iudged of another manes conscience:

I do not say ‘your’ scruples, but ‘his.’ For why should the freedom that I claim be condemned by the scruples of another?

30 For yf I take my parte with thakes: why am I evell spoken of for that thynge wherfore I geve thankes.

If, for my part, I take the food thankfully, why should I be abused for eating that for which I give thanks?

31 Whether therfore ye eate or dryncke or what soever ye do do all to the prayse of God.

Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honour of God.

32 Se that ye geve occasion of evell nether to ye Iewes nor yet to the gentyls nether to ye cogregacion of god:

Do not cause offence either to Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God;

33 euen as I please all men in all thinges not sekynge myne awne proffet but the proffet of many that they myght be saved. Folowe me as I do Christ.

for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.