13. No trial has come to you but what is human. God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it.
14. Therefore, my beloved, avoid idolatry.
15. I am speaking as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am saying.
16. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
17. Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
18. Look at Israel according to the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?
19. So what am I saying? That meat sacrificed to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything?
20. No, I mean that what they sacrifice, [they sacrifice] to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to become participants with demons.
21. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.
22. Or are we provoking the Lord to jealous anger? Are we stronger than he?
23. “Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds up.
24. No one should seek his own advantage, but that of his neighbor.