Flee from Idolatry and Demonic Tables

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Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

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I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

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Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

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Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

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Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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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.

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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

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Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

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