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The cup of blessingwhich we bless, is itnot the communion of the blood of Christ? The breadwhich we break, is itnot the communion of the body of Christ?
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Forwe being manyareonebread, and onebody:for we areallpartakersof that onebread.
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BeholdIsraelafter the flesh:arenotthey which eat of the sacrificespartakers of the altar?
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What say Ithen?that the idolis any thing,orthat which is offered in sacrifice to idolsis any thing?
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But I say, that the things which the Gentilessacrifice, they sacrifice to devils,andnot to God:and I wouldnot that ye should havefellowship with devils.
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Ye cannot*drink the cup of the Lord,and the cup of devils: ye cannot* be partakers of the Lord'stable,and of the table of devils.
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Do we provoke* the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than*he?
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All things are lawful for me,but all thingsarenotexpedient: all things are lawful for me,but all thingsedifynot.
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Let no manseek his own,but every mananother's wealth.
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Whatsoever is soldin the shambles, that eat, askingnoquestionforconsciencesake:
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For the earth is the Lord's,and the fulnessthereof.