Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we not stronger than he? — The rhetorical questions expose the Corinthians' presumption: by flirting with demons through idol meals, are they provoking the Lord's zēlos (jealousy, passionate concern for covenant)? The phrase 'stronger than he' is sarcastic: do they imagine themselves more powerful than God? The comparison is absurd.

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