16. Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
17. Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.
18. Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?
19. Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?
20. No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
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.
22. Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
23. “Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.
24. Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.
25. Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,
26. for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.
27. If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.
28. But if someone says to you, “This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience –
29. I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
30. If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?