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^(A) a participation in the body of Christ?^{(B) 17} Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,^(C) for we all share the one loaf.

¹⁸ Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices^(D) participate in the altar? ¹⁹ Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?^{(E) 20} No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,^(F) 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.^{(G) 22} Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?^(H) Are we stronger than he?^(I)

The Believer’s Freedom

²³ “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.^(J) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. ²⁴ No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.^(K)