1 Corinthians 10:7-8
10:7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “
The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”
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10:8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.
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1 Corinthians 10:14
Avoid Idol Feasts
10:14 So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
1 Corinthians 10:18-22
10:18 Look at the people of Israel.
3 Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?
10:19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?
10:20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice
4 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?
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1 tn The term “play” may refer to idolatrous, sexual play here, although that is determined by the context rather than the meaning of the word itself (cf. BDAG 750 s.v. παίζω).
2 sn This incident is recorded in Num 25:1-9.
3 tn Grk “Israel according to (the) flesh.”
4 tn Grk “what they sacrifice”; the referent (the pagans) is clear from the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The question in Greek expects a negative answer (“We are not stronger than he is, are we?”).