12. So anyone who thinks he is standing strong should be careful not to fall.
13. The only temptations that you have are the temptations that all people have. But you can trust God. He will not let you be tempted more than you can stand. But when you are tempted, God will also give you a way to escape that temptation. Then you will be able to stand it.
14. So, my dear friends, stay away from worshiping idols.
15. I am speaking to you, as to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
16. We give thanks for the cup of blessing. It is a sharing in the blood of Christ’s death. And the bread that we break is a sharing in the body of Christ.
17. There is one loaf of bread. And we are many people. But we all share from that one loaf. So we are really one body.
18. Think about the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices share in the altar?