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18 Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
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Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols 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 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship 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; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of 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? Are we stronger than He?
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Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, 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, but each one the other's well-being.
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No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience' sake;
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Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
26 for "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."
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for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
27 If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.
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If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.
28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience' sake; for "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."
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But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.
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