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14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
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Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.
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I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
16 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
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Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
17 Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
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Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?
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Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.
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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.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of 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.
22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
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Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.
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“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.
24 Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.
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No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
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