21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the [a]cup of the devils. Ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of the devils.

22 Do we provoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger than he?

23 (A)[b][c]All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:21 The heathen and profane people were wont to shut up and make an end of their feasts which they kept to the honor of their gods, in offering meat offerings and drink offerings to them, with banquets and feastings.
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:23 Coming to another kind of things offered to idols, he repeateth that general rule, that in the use of things indifferent we ought to have consideration not of ourselves only, but of our neighbors, and therefore these are many things which of themselves are lawful, which may be evil done of us, because of offense to our neighbor.
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:23 See 1 Cor. 6:13.

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