1 Corinthians 10:19-11:1
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What am I saying then? d That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?
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Rather, that the things which the Gentiles e sacrifice f they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
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g You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and h the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the i Lord's table and of the table of demons.
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Or do we j provoke the Lord to jealousy? k Are we stronger than He?
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All things are lawful for me, but not all things are l helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.
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Let no one seek his own, but each one m the other's well-being.
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n Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience' sake;
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for o "the earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness."
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If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, p eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.
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But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it q for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience' sake; for r "the earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness."
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"Conscience," I say, not your own, but that of the other. For s why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience?
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But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for the food t over which I give thanks?
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u Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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v Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,
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just w as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 Corinthians 11
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Imitate a me, just as I also imitate Christ.
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1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
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Leviticus 17:7
"They shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations."'
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Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods they did not know, To new gods, new arrivals That your fathers did not fear.
Psalms 106:37
They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons.
Galatians 4:8
But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
Revelation 9:20
But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
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2 Corinthians 6:15
And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
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Deuteronomy 32:38
Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise and help you, And be your refuge.
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1 Corinthians 11:23 - 29
For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
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Ezekiel 22:14
Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
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1 Corinthians 6:12
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
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Philippians 2:4
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
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1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving.
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Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
Psalms 24:1
The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving.
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Luke 10:7
And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
Luke 10:8
Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.
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1 Corinthians 8:7
However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Corinthians 8:10
For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols?
1 Corinthians 8:12
But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
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Deuteronomy 10:14
Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
Psalms 24:1
The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
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Romans 14:16
Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.
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Romans 14:6
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
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Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Romans 14:13
Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.
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Romans 15:2
Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
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Ephesians 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
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