8. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9. Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.
10. Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
11. Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
12. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13. There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
14. Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
15. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?
17. seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we are all partake of the one bread.
18. Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
19. What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?