Issues of the Conscience
1 Corinthians 10:29–30: “Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience? But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for the food over which I give thanks?
New Dinner Manners
1 Corinthians 10:27–28: If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake. But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it for the sake …
Clear Conscience
1 Corinthians 10:24–26: Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake; for “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”
Will It Build Others Up?
1 Corinthians 10:23: All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.
Is Your Fellowship with God?
1 Corinthians 10:20–22: Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table …
Another Look at Idolatry
1 Corinthians 10:18–19: Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?
The Cup of Blessing
1 Corinthians 10:16–17: The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of …
Flee from Idolatry
1 Corinthians 10:14–15: Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.
The Great Escape
1 Corinthians 10:13b: No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear …
The Temptation
1 Corinthians 10:13a: No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man;