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For ^(C1)I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all ^(C2)under the cloud and they all ^(C3)passed through the sea;

and they all were ^(C1)baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

and they all ^(C1)ate the same spiritual food,

and all ^(C1)drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was ^(F1)Christ.

Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased; for their dead bodies were ^(C1)spread out in the wilderness.

Now these things happened as ^(C1)examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as ^(C2)they indeed craved them.

Do not be ^(C1)idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "^(C2)THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND TO DRINK, AND ROSE UP TO ^(C3)PLAY."

Nor are we to commit sexual immorality, as ^(C1)some of them ^(F1)did, and ^(C2)twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

Nor are we to put the Lord to the test, as ^(C1)some of them ^(F1)did, and were killed by the snakes.

Nor ^(C1)grumble, as some of them ^(F1)did, and ^(C2)were killed by the ^(C3)destroyer.

Now these things happened to them as an ^(C1)example, and ^(C2)they were written for our instruction, upon whom ^(C3)the ends of the ages have come.

Therefore let the one who ^(C1)thinks he stands watch out that he does not fall.

No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and ^(C1)God is faithful, ^(F1)so He will not allow you to be ^(C2)tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

Therefore, my ^(C1)beloved, flee from ^(C2)idolatry.

I speak as to wise people; you then, judge what I say.

Is the ^(C1)cup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the ^(C2)bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ?

Since there is one loaf, we ^(C1)who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

Look at ^(F1)the people of ^(C1)Israel; are those who ^(C2)eat the sacrifices not partners in the altar?

What do I mean then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or ^(C1)that an idol is ^(F1)anything?

No, but I say that things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they ^(C1)sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons.

^(C1)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(C2)the table of demons.

Or do we ^(C1)provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not ^(C2)stronger than He, are we?

^(C1)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things ^(F1)(C2)build people up.

No one is to ^(C1)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his ^(F1)neighbor.

^(C1)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience;

^(C1)FOR THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND ^(F1)ALL IT CONTAINS.

If ^(C1)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, ^(C2)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience.

But ^(C1)if anyone says to you, "This is meat sacrificed to idols," do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience.

Now by "conscience" I do not mean your own, but the other person's; for ^(C1)why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?

If I partake with thankfulness, ^(C1)why am I slandered about that for which I ^(C2)give thanks?

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or ^(C1)whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.

^(C1)Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or ^(C2)the church of God;

just as I also ^(C1)please everyone in all things, ^(C2)not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, ^(C3)so that they may be saved.

^(C1)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Now ^(C1)I praise you because you ^(C2)remember me in everything and ^(C3)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.

But I want you to understand that Christ is the ^(C1)head of every man, and ^(F1)(C2)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^(C3)head of Christ.

Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^(C1)prophesying disgraces his head.

But every ^(C1)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman ^(F1)whose head is ^(C2)shaved.

For if a woman does not cover ^(F1)her head, have her also ^(F2)cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to ^(F2)have her hair cut off or ^(F1)her head shaved, have her cover ^(F1)her head.

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the ^(C1)image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

For ^(C1)man ^(F1)does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but ^(C1)woman for the man's sake.

Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

However, in the Lord, neither is woman ^(F1)independent of man, nor is man ^(F1)independent of woman.

For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and ^(C1)all things originate ^(C2)from God.

^(C1)Judge ^(F1)for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering.

But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, ^(C1)we have no ^(F1)such practice, nor have ^(C2)the churches of God.

Now in giving this next instruction ^(C1)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

For, in the first place, when you come together ^(F1)as a church, I hear that ^(F2)(C1)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

For there also ^(C1)have to be factions among you, ^(C2)so that those who are approved may become ^(F1)evident among you.

Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,

for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while ^(C1)another gets drunk.

What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^(C1)church of God and ^(C2)shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall ^(C3)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

For ^(C1)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(C2)the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread;

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."

In the same way He also took ^(C1)the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the ^(C2)new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death ^(C1)until He comes.

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be ^(C1)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

But a person must ^(C1)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the ^(F1)body.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^(F1)(C1)are asleep.

But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

But when we are judged, we are ^(C1)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^(C2)the world.

So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is ^(C1)hungry, have him eat ^(C2)at home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will ^(C3)give instructions ^(C4)when I come.