But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Corinthians 10:20 in context
1 Corinthians 10:17–23
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Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.
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Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
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What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
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You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.
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Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
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“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.
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