¹⁴ And so, my dear friends, keep on running away from idolatry. ¹⁵ I am talking to sensible people. Apply what I am saying to yourselves. ¹⁶ The cup of blessing that we bless is our fellowship in the blood of the Messiah,^[a] isn’t it? The bread that we break is our fellowship in the body of the Messiah,^[b] isn’t it? ¹⁷ Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because all of us eat from the same loaf.

¹⁸ Look at the Israelis from a human point of view.^[c] Those who eat the sacrifices share in what is on the altar, don’t they? ¹⁹ Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything? ²⁰ Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons. ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot dine with the Lord and dine with demons, ²² or you’ll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won’t you? Are we stronger than he is?