18 Look at [a]the nation (A)Israel; are not those who (B)eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? 19 What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or (C)that an idol is anything? 20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they (D)sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:18 Lit Israel according to the flesh

18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices(A) participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(B) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(C) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.

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