1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Warning Against Idolatry
1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under a the cloud, all passed through b the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same c spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same d spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies e were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as f they also lusted. 7 g And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, h "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." 1 8 i Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as j some of them did, and k in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us 2 tempt Christ, as l some of them also tempted, and m were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as n some of them also complained, and o were destroyed by p the destroyer. 11 Now 3 all these things happened to them as examples, and q they were written for our 4 admonition, r upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore s let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but t God is faithful, u 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 5 bear it.