1Cor 10:14-30 | 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).
Summary for 1Cor 10:23-11:1: 10:23–11:1 ^u Paul closes the discussion begun in 8:1 ^v with advice about when Christians may eat meat sacrificed to an idol, and when they should not (see study note on 8:1–11:1). His advice reflects the principle of giving up one’s rights out of love (see also 8:13–9:23 ^w).
Summary for 1Cor 10:23-24: 10:23-24 ^x You say: The NLT supplies these words—Paul is probably quoting a popular saying among the Corinthians and clarifying it.

• “I am allowed to do anything”: Paul qualifies the assertion of a Christian’s freedom by emphasizing the importance of doing what is most beneficial for others (see 6:12 ^y; 10:32-33 ^z; Rom 14:13-15 ^aa, 19-21 ^ab; 15:1-2 ^ac; cp. Phil 2:3-4 ^ad).
Summary for 1Cor 10:27-29: 10:27-29 ^ae When Christians are invited for a meal with an unbeliever, the Christians are free to eat what is set before them unless warned that the meat has been offered to an idol. In that case, the Christian should refrain from eating it out of consideration for the conscience of the other person, who might misinterpret it or be hurt by believing that such eating honors the god to whom the meat has been sacrificed (see 8:7 ^af, 9-10 ^ag; cp. Rom 14:13-15 ^ah, 20-23 ^ai).
Summary for 1Cor 10:29-30: 10:29-30 ^aj These two questions are difficult to understand in light of 10:28-29a ^ak. By placing 10:28-29a ^al in parentheses, the NLT has interpreted these questions as expressing Paul’s own convictions, following on from 10:27 ^am.