Flee from Idolatry

(Exodus 20:22–26)

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak to reasonable [people]; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 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? 17 Because [there is] one loaf, [we who are] many are one body; for vvv we all partake of the one loaf.

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Consider vvv the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar? 19 Am I suggesting, then, that an idol is anything, or that food sacrificed to an idol is anything?[fn] 20 No, [but] [the] sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And vvv I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 vvv You cannot drink [the] cup of [the] Lord and [the] cup of demons [too]; vvv you cannot partake in [the] table of [the] Lord and [the] table of demons {too}. 22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord {to jealousy}? Are we stronger than He?

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