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Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
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What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?
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Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.
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Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.
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Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's well-being.
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Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience' sake;
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for "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."
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If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.
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But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience' sake; for "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."