Book of Common Prayer
For This Very Reason, Flee From The Eating Connected With Idol Worship
14 For-this-very-reason, my beloved, be fleeing from idolatry[a]. 15 I speak as to wise ones; you judge what I say: 16 the cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a sharing[b] of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a sharing of the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread, we the many are one body[c], for we all partake from the one bread. 18 Look-at Israel according to the flesh— are not the ones eating the sacrifices sharers of the altar? 19 Therefore what am I saying? That[d] food-sacrificed-to-an-idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 On the contrary, that the things which they are sacrificing, they are sacrificing to demons, and not[e] to God. And I do not want you to be sharers of the demons. 21 You cannot drink the Lord’s cup and the demons’ cup. You cannot[f] partake of the Lord’s table and the demons’ table. 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
So As To The Eating of Meat, Do What Is Beneficial And Edifying To Those Eating
23 All things are lawful, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful, but not all things build-up. 24 Let no one be seeking his own thing, but the thing of the other. 25 Be eating anything being sold in the meat-market, examining nothing for the sake of conscience. 26 For “The earth and the fullness of it are the Lord’s” [Ps 24:1]. 27 If one of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat anything being set-before you, examining nothing for the sake of conscience. 28 But if one should say to you “This is offered-in-sacrifice”, do not eat[g]— for the sake of that one having disclosed it, and the conscience. 29 Now the conscience I mean is not the one of oneself, but the one of the other. For why[h] is my freedom being judged[i] by another’s conscience? 30 If I am partaking with thanks, why am I being blasphemed for that which I am giving-thanks?
In Summary, Do All For God’s Glory. Be Blameless To All And Seek Their Benefit
31 Therefore, whether you are eating or drinking or doing anything, be doing all for the glory of God. 32 Be blameless[j] both to Jews and Greeks, and to the church of God— 33 just as I also am pleasing all people as to all things, not seeking the benefit of myself, but the benefit of the many, in order that they might be saved. 11 1 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
Demons Recognize Jesus As The Son of God, And Submit To His Authority Over Them
28 And He having come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two men being demon-possessed met Him, coming out of the tombs. They were very violent[a], so that no one was strong-enough to pass through that way. 29 And behold— they cried-out, saying, “What do we have to do with You[b], Son of God? Did You come here to torment us before the time?” 30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them. 31 And the demons were begging Him, saying, “If You are casting us out, send us out into the herd of pigs”. 32 And He said to them, “Go!” And the ones, having come out, went into the pigs. And behold— the whole herd rushed down the steep-bank into the sea and died in the waters. 33 And the ones feeding[c] them fled. And having gone into the city, they reported everything— even the things about the ones being demon-possessed. 34 And behold— the whole city came out to meet with Jesus. And having seen Him, they begged that He pass on from their districts.
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