1. For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and they all went across the sea.
2. And in Moses, they all were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea.
3. And they all ate of the same spiritual food.
4. And they all drank of the same spiritual drink. And so, they all were drinking of the spiritual rock seeking to obtain them; and that rock was Christ.
5. But with most of them, God was not well-pleased. For they were struck down in the desert.
6. Now these things were done as an example for us, so that we might not desire evil things, just as they desired.
7. And so, do not take part in idolatry, as some of them did, just as it was written: "The people sat down to eat and to drink, and then they rose up to amuse themselves."
8. And let us not commit fornication, as some of them fornicated, and so twenty-three thousand fell on one day.
9. And let us not tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and so they perished by serpents.
10. And you should not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so they perished by the destroyer.
11. Now all of these things happened to them as an example, and so they have been written for our correction, because the final age has fallen upon us.
12. And so, whosoever considers himself to be standing, let him be careful not to fall.
13. Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.
14. Because of this, most beloved of mine, flee from the worship of idols.
15. Since I am speaking to those who are prudent, judge what I say for yourselves.
16. The cup of benediction that we bless, is it not a communion in the Blood of Christ? And the bread that we break, is it not a participation in the Body of the Lord?
17. Through the one bread, we, though many, are one body: all of us who are partakers of the one bread.
18. Consider Israel, according to the flesh. Are not those who eat from the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19. What is next? Should I say that what is immolated to idols is anything? Or that the idol is anything?