1 Corinthians 10:20

18 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

19 Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
KJV
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
WEB
But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
ASV
But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.
DARBY
But that what [the nations] sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.
BLB
[No], but that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not want you⁺ to be fellow sharers with demons.
ÅB
Nei, men at det de ofrer, det ofrer de til onde ånder og ikke til Gud; men jeg vil ikke at dere skal komme i samfunn med de onde ånder.
OTB
Nei, men jeg sier at det hedningene ofrer, ofrer de til demoner og ikke til Gud; og jeg vil ikke at dere skal være deltakere med demoner.
B1930
Nei, men at det de ofrer, det ofrer de til onde ånder og ikke til Gud; men jeg vil ikke at I skal komme i samfund med de onde ånder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 9:20

    Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

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  • Psalms 106:37–39

    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:16–17

    They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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  • Leviticus 17:7

    They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’

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  • 2 Chronicles 11:15

    And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

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