¹⁹ Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?^{(A) 20} No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,^(B) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.^{(C) 22} Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?^(D) Are we stronger than he?^(E)

²⁶ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.^(A)

²⁷ So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.^{(B) 28} Everyone ought to examine themselves^(C) before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. ²⁹ For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. ³⁰ That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.^{(D) 31} But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.^{(E) 32} Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined^(F) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.^(G)