¹¹ These things happened to them as examples^(A) and were written down as warnings for us,^(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.^{(C) 12} So, if you think you are standing firm,^(D) be careful that you don’t fall! ¹³ No temptation^[a] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;^(E) he will not let you be tempted^[b] beyond what you can bear.^(F) But when you are tempted,^[c] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper

¹⁴ Therefore, my dear friends,^(G) flee from idolatry.^{(H) 15} I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. ¹⁶ Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break^(I) a participation in the body of Christ?^{(J) 17} Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,^(K) for we all share the one loaf.

¹⁸ Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices^(L) participate in the altar? ¹⁹ Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?^{(M) 20} No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,^(N) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.^{(O) 22} Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?^(P) Are we stronger than he?^(Q)