10:11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
10:12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.
1 Corinthians 10:20-22
10:20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice 1 is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
10:22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is? 2
1 tnGrk “what they sacrifice”; the referent (the pagans) is clear from the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The question in Greek expects a negative answer (“We are not stronger than he is, are we?”).