1 Corinthians 10:14-22 - Warning Against Idolatry

¹⁴ Therefore, my dear friends, avoid all connection with the worship of idols. ¹⁵ I speak as to men of sense: judge for yourselves of what I say. 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? ¹⁷ Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; we, all of us, share in that one loaf. ¹⁸ Look at the Israelites--the nation and their ritual. Are not those who eat the sacrifices joint-partakers 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? 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. 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. ²² Or are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?