1 CORINTHIANS 10:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.”
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot eat at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons. — The absolute prohibition: dualism is inescapable. One cannot simultaneously commune with Christ and with demons. The cup and table language, drawn from eucharistic imagery, establishes that sharing in idol meals is covenant-breaking antithetical to the Lord's table.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:21
“You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons.” And he contents himself with the mere terms, for the purpose of keeping them away. Then, speaking also to their sense of shame,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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