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1 Corinthians 10
1 Corinthians 10:20
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1 Corinthians 10:20
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No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
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1 Corinthians 10:20 in Other Translations
KJV
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But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
ESV
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No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.
NLT
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No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons.
MSG
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Or worse than nothing, a minus, a demon! I don't want you to become part of something that reduces you to less than yourself.
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No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons!
1 Corinthians 10:20 In-Context
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Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
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Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
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Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
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Leviticus 17:7
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Deuteronomy 32:17
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Psalms 106:37
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Revelation 9:20
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