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First Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 of 1 Corinthians—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now I do not want YOU to be ignorant, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud1 and all passed through the sea2
  2. and all got baptized into Moses3 by means of the cloud and of the sea;
  3. and all ate the same[a] spiritual food4
  4. and all drank the same spiritual drink.5 For they used to drink from the spiritual rock-mass6 that followed them, and that rock-mass[b]7 meant[c] the Christ.8
  5. Nevertheless, on most of them God did not express his approval,9 for they were laid low10 in the wilderness.
  6. ¶ Now these things became our examples,[d] for us not to be persons desiring injurious things,11 even as they desired them.
  7. Neither become idolaters, as some of them did;12 just as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they got up to have a good time.”13
  8. Neither let us practice fornication, as some of them committed fornication,14 only to fall, twenty-three thousand [of them] in one day.15
  9. Neither let us put Jehovah[e]16 to the test, as some of them put [him] to the test,17 only to perish by the serpents.18
  10. Neither be murmurers, just as some of them murmured,19 only to perish by the destroyer.20
  11. Now these things went on befalling them as examples,[f] and they were written for a warning21 to us upon whom the ends[g] of the systems of things[h]22 have arrived.
  12. ¶ Consequently let him that thinks he is standing beware that he does not fall.23
  13. No temptation has taken YOU except what is common to men.24 But God is faithful,25 and he will not let YOU be tempted beyond what YOU can bear,26 but along with the temptation he will also make the way out27 in order for YOU to be able to endure it.
  14. ¶ Therefore, my beloved ones, flee28 from idolatry.29
  15. I speak as to men with discernment;30 judge for yourselves what I say.
  16. The cup31 of blessing which we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of the Christ? The loaf which we break,32 is it not a sharing in the body of the Christ?33
  17. Because there is one loaf, we, although many,34 are one body,[i]35 for we are all partaking of that one loaf.36
  18. ¶ LOOK at that which is Israel in a fleshly way:37 Are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers with[j] the altar?38
  19. What, then, am I to say? That what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?39
  20. No; but I say that the things which the nations[k] sacrifice they sacrifice to demons,40 and not to God; and I do not want YOU to become sharers with the demons.41
  21. YOU cannot be drinking the cup of Jehovah[l]42 and the cup of demons; YOU cannot be partaking of “the table of Jehovah”[m]43 and the table of demons.
  22. Or “are we inciting Jehovah[n] to jealousy”?44 We are not stronger45 than he is, are we?
  23. ¶ All things are lawful; but not all things are advantageous.46 All things are lawful;47 but not all things build up.48
  24. Let each one keep seeking, not his own [advantage],49 but that of the other person.50
  25. ¶ Everything that is sold in a meat market keep eating,51 making no inquiry on account of YOUR conscience;52
  26. for “to Jehovah[o]53 belong the earth and that which fills it.”54
  27. If anyone of the unbelievers invites YOU and YOU wish to go, proceed to eat everything that is set before YOU,55 making no inquiry on account of YOUR conscience.56
  28. But if anyone should say to YOU: “This is something offered in sacrifice,” do not eat on account of the one that disclosed it and on account of conscience.[p]57
  29. “Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other person. For why should it be that my freedom is judged by another person’s conscience?58
  30. If I am partaking with thanks, why am I to be spoken of abusively over that for which I give thanks?59
  31. ¶ Therefore, whether YOU are eating or drinking or doing anything else, do all things for God’s glory.60
  32. Keep from becoming causes for stumbling61 to Jews as well as Greeks and to the congregation of God,
  33. even as I am pleasing all people in all things,62 not seeking my own advantage63 but that of the many, in order that they might get saved.64

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “The same,” אcBVgSyp; א* omits; P46A, “the.”
  2. ^ “Rock-mass.” Gr., peʹtra, fem. See Mt 16:18 ftn, “Rock-mass.”
  3. ^ Or, “was.” See Mt 26:26 ftn.
  4. ^ Or, “types.” Gr., tyʹpoi; Lat., in fi·guʹra.
  5. ^ “Jehovah,” J18,22,23; אBC(Gr.), ton Kyʹri·on; P46D, “the Christ”; A, “God.” See App 1D.
  6. ^ Or, “as for a typical purpose.” Gr., ty·pi·kosʹ; Lat., in fi·guʹra.
  7. ^ Or, “accomplished (completed) ends.” Gr., teʹle.
  8. ^ Or, “of the orders of things.” Gr., ton ai·oʹnon; Lat., sae·cu·loʹrum; J17,22(Heb.), ha·ʽoh·la·mimʹ.
  9. ^ Or, “Because we, although many, are one loaf, one body.”
  10. ^ Or, “in.”
  11. ^ “The nations,” P46אACVgSyh,p; BD, “they.”
  12. ^ See App 1D.
  13. ^ See App 1D.
  14. ^ See App 1D.
  15. ^ See App 1D.
  16. ^ Syh and TR add: “(For the earth belongs to the Lord [J7,8,10,11,13,14,16,17, “to Jehovah”], and so does its fullness).”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 13:21
  2. ^ Ex 14:22
  3. ^ Heb 3:5
  4. ^ Ex 16:15
  5. ^ Ex 17:6; Ps 78:15
  6. ^ Nu 20:11
  7. ^ Mt 16:18; 1Pe 2:4
  8. ^ Jn 4:10, 25
  9. ^ Nu 14:16; Eze 20:15; Jd 5
  10. ^ Nu 14:29; Heb 3:17
  11. ^ Nu 11:34; Ps 106:14
  12. ^ Ex 32:4
  13. ^ Ex 32:6
  14. ^ Nu 25:1; 2Pe 2:2
  15. ^ Nu 25:9
  16. ^ De 6:16
  17. ^ Nu 21:5
  18. ^ Nu 21:6
  19. ^ Nu 14:2
  20. ^ Ex 23:21; Nu 14:37
  21. ^ Ro 15:4
  22. ^ Heb 9:26; 1Pe 4:7
  23. ^ Pr 28:14; Lu 22:34; Ro 11:20; Ga 6:1
  24. ^ 1Pe 5:9
  25. ^ 1Th 5:24; 2Th 3:3
  26. ^ Lu 22:32; 2Pe 2:9
  27. ^ 1Sa 30:6; Is 40:29; Ac 27:44; Pp 4:13
  28. ^ 2Co 6:17
  29. ^ De 4:25; Col 3:5; 1Jo 5:21
  30. ^ 1Co 14:20
  31. ^ Mt 26:27; Lu 22:17
  32. ^ Mt 26:26; Lu 22:19
  33. ^ 1Co 12:18
  34. ^ Ro 12:5; 1Co 12:25
  35. ^ Eph 4:4
  36. ^ Jn 6:33, 35
  37. ^ Ro 9:8
  38. ^ Le 7:15
  39. ^ 1Co 8:4
  40. ^ De 32:17; Ps 106:37
  41. ^ Jd 6
  42. ^ Ps 116:13
  43. ^ Eze 41:22; Ml 1:12
  44. ^ Ex 34:14; De 32:21
  45. ^ Jb 9:4
  46. ^ 1Co 6:12
  47. ^ Ro 6:14
  48. ^ Ro 14:19; 15:2
  49. ^ 1Co 10:33; 13:5; Pp 2:21
  50. ^ Pp 2:4
  51. ^ 1Ti 4:4
  52. ^ Ro 14:22
  53. ^ Ex 19:5; De 10:14
  54. ^ Ps 24:1
  55. ^ Lu 10:8
  56. ^ 1Co 8:7
  57. ^ 1Co 8:10
  58. ^ Ro 14:16; 1Co 8:12
  59. ^ Ro 14:6; 1Ti 4:3
  60. ^ Mt 5:16; Col 3:17; 1Pe 4:11
  61. ^ Ro 14:13; 1Co 8:13; 2Co 6:3
  62. ^ 1Co 9:22
  63. ^ Ro 15:2; Pp 2:4
  64. ^ 1Th 2:16

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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