Weymouth New Testament WNT
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16 The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation 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 loaf, we who are many are one body; we, all of us, share in 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 Look at the Israelites--the nation and their ritual. Are not those who eat the sacrifices joint-partakers in the altar?
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Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?
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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 that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to God; and I would not have you have fellowship with one another through the 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 Lord's cup and the cup of demons: you cannot be joint-partakers both in the table of the Lord and in 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 are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?
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Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.
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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 be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.
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No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
25 Anything that is for sale in the meat market, eat, and ask 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 that it contains.
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for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
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