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16 We give thanks for the cup of blessing, which is a sharing in the blood of Christ. And the bread that we break is 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 Because there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are one body, because we all share that one loaf.
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Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Think about the Israelites: Do not those who eat the sacrifices share in the altar?
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Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 I do not mean that the food sacrificed to an idol is important. I do not mean that an idol is anything at all.
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Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 But I say that what is sacrificed to idols is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to share anything with 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 also. You cannot share in the Lord's table 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 Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? We are not stronger than he is, are we?
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Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 "We are allowed to do all things," but all things are not good for us to do. "We are allowed to do all things," but not all things help others grow stronger.
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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 Do not look out only for yourselves. Look out for the good of others also.
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No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
25 Eat any meat that is sold in the meat market. Do not ask questions to see if it is meat you think is wrong to eat.
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Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
26 You may eat it, "because the earth belongs to the Lord, and everything in it."
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for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
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