1Cor 10:14-22 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Cor 10:14-22: 10:14-22 Paul warns his readers against anything that might be interpreted as idolatry (cp. 1 Jn 5:21 ), which includes eating food in honor of a pagan god.

Summary for 1Cor 10:14-22: 10:14-22 ^a Paul warns his readers against anything that might be interpreted as idolatry (cp. 1 Jn 5:21 ^b), which includes eating food in honor of a pagan god.
Summary for 1Cor 10:16-18: 10:16-18 ^c Paul affirms the spiritual meaning of sacred meals. In the Lord’s Supper, believers share in the blood and body of Christ (see also 11:17-34 ^d; Matt 26:26-28 ^e; Mark 14:22-24 ^f; Luke 22:19-20 ^g). Sharing one loaf unites believers as one body in Christ, just as the pagans’ religious meals unite them with the gods they worship (see 1 Cor 10:19-21 ^h).
Summary for 1Cor 10:19-20: 10:19-20 ⁱ Idols have no reality or life (see 8:4-6 ^j), and sacrifices made to them accomplish nothing. The sacrifices pagans make to idols are actually unknowingly made to demons (see Deut 32:16-17 ^k; Ps 106:37 ^l; Rev 9:20 ^m). Those who share in their religious meals are thereby uniting themselves with demons.
10:21 ⁿ Believers should avoid participating in religious meals eaten in a pagan temple (see 8:10 ^o), because those united to the Lord (Christ) cannot simultaneously be united to demons (see 2 Cor 6:14-16 ^p).
10:22 ^q To ignore Paul’s advice on this matter is to rouse the Lord’s jealousy and judgment, just as Israel did (see 10:6-11 ^r; Exod 20:5 ^s; Deut 32:21 ^t).