11. These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
12. So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.
13. No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
14. So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
15. I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.
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.