1 Corinthians 10

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 I want you to be quite certain, brothers, that our ancestors al had the cloud over them and al passedthrough the sea.	1 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.
2 In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptised into Moses;	2 And all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud, and in the sea:
3 al ate the same spiritual food	3 And did all eat the same spiritual food,
4 and al drank the same spiritual drink, since they drank from the spiritual rock which fol owed them,and that rock was Christ.	4 And all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.)
5 In spite of this, God was not pleased with most of them, and their corpses were scattered over thedesert.	5 But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the desert.
6 Now these happenings were examples, for our benefit, so that we should never set our hearts, as theydid, on evil things;	6 Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things as they also coveted.
7 nor are you to worship false gods, as some of them did, as it says in scripture: The people sat down toeat and drink, and afterwards got up to amuse themselves.	7 Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Nor, again, are we to fall into sexual immorality; some of them did this, and twenty-three thousand mettheir downfal in one day.	8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 And we are not to put the Lord to the test; some of them put him to the test, and they were killed bysnakes.	9 Neither let us tempt Christ: as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents.
10 Never complain; some of them complained, and they were killed by the Destroyer.	10 Neither do you murmur: as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were described in writing to bea lesson for us, to whom it has fallen to live in the last days of the ages.	11 Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Everyone, no matter how firmly he thinks he is standing, must be careful he does not fall.	12 Wherefore he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.
13 None of the trials which have come upon you is more than a human being can stand. You can trustthat God wil not let you be put to the test beyond your strength, but with any trial will also provide a way out byenabling you to put up with it.	13 Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it.
14 For that reason, my dear friends, have nothing to do with the worship of false gods.	14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, fly from the service of idols.
15 I am talking to you as sensible people; weigh up for yourselves what I have to say.	15 I speak as to wise men: judge ye yourselves what I say.
16 The blessing-cup, which we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ; and the loaf of bread which we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?	16 The chalice of benediction, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ ? And the bread, which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord ?
17 And as there is one loaf, so we, although there are many of us, are one single body, for we all sharein the one loaf.	17 For we, being many, are one bread, one body, all that partake of one bread.
18 Now compare the natural people of Israel: is it not true that those who eat the sacrifices share thealtar?	18 Behold Israel according to the flesh: are not they, that eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar ?
19 What does this mean? That the dedication of food to false gods amounts to anything? Or that falsegods themselves amount to anything?	19 What then ? Do I say, that what is offered in sacrifice to idols, is any thing ? Or, that the idol is any thing ?
20 No, it does not; simply that when pagans sacrifice, what is sacrificed by them is sacrificed to demonswho are not God. I do not want you to share with demons.	20 But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons as wel ; you cannot have a share at theLord's table and the demons' table as wel .	21 You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord, and the chalice of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils.
22 Do we real y want to arouse the Lord's jealousy; are we stronger than he is?	22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.
23 'Everything is permissible'; maybe so, but not everything does good. True, everything is permissible,but not everything builds people up.	23 All things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify.
24 Nobody should be looking for selfish advantage, but everybody for someone else's.	24 Let no man seek his own, but that which is another's.
25 Eat anything that is sold in butchers' shops; there is no need to ask questions for conscience's sake,	25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat; asking no question for conscience' sake.
26 since To the Lord belong the earth and all it contains.	26 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal, go if you want to, and eat whatever is put before you; you neednot ask questions of conscience first.	27 If any of them that believe not, invite you, and you will be willing to go; eat of any thing that is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.
28 But if someone says to you, 'This food has been offered in sacrifice,' do not eat it, out ofconsideration for the person that told you, for conscience's sake-	28 But if any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols, do not eat of it for his sake that told it, and for conscience' sake.
29 not your own conscience, I mean, but the other person's. Why should my freedom be governed bysomebody else's conscience?	29 Conscience, I say, not thy own, but the other's. For why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience ?
30 Provided that I accept it with gratitude, why should I be blamed for eating food for which I givethanks?	30 If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks ?
31 Whatever you eat, then, or drink, and whatever else you do, do it al for the glory of God.	31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Never be a cause of offence, either to Jews or to Greeks or to the Church of God,	32 Be without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God:
33 just as I try to accommodate everybody in everything, not looking for my own advantage, but for theadvantage of everybody else, so that they may be saved.	33 As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself, but to many, that may be saved.