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.” ¹  10:8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day. ² 

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? ⁵ 

[10:7]  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).

[10:8]  ² sn This incident is recorded in Num 25:1-9.

[10:18]  ³ tn Grk “Israel according to (the) flesh.”

[10:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “what they sacrifice”; the referent (the pagans) is clear from the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:22]  ⁵ tn The question in Greek expects a negative answer (“We are not stronger than he is, are we?”).