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1 Corinthians 10:20 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 10 · verse 20
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.1 Corinthians 10:20 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 10:20 in context
18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
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Key words (Strong's)
- fellowshipkoinōnosa partner, associate, comrade, companion, a partner, sharer, in anything, of the altar in…G2844 →
- sacrificethyōto sacrifice, immolate, to slay, kill, of the paschal lamb, slaughterG2380 →
- Gentilesethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- devilsdaimonionthe divine power, deity, divinity, a spirit, a being inferior to God, superior to men…G1140 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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In this passage the apostle urges the general caution against idolatry, in the particular case of eating the heathen sacrifices as such, and out of any religious respect to the idol to whom they were sacrificed. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22