1 Corinthians 10:19-22

Warning Against Idolatry

19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that f an idol is anything? 20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice g they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 h You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and i the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and j the table of demons. 22 k Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? l Are we stronger than he?

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 8:4
    Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:17
    They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded.
  3. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 6:15 - 16
    What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:38
    Who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you; let them be your protection!
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:11
    But you who forsake the Lord, who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:21
    They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
  7. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 6:10
    Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
    Ezekiel 22:14
    Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.
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