1 Corinthians 10:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.

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  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.
  • Isa 65:11 : 11 But as for you who have given up the Lord, who have no care for my holy mountain, who get ready a table for Chance, and make offerings of mixed wine to Fate;
  • Deut 32:37-38 : 37 And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith? 38 Who took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.
  • 1 Cor 8:10 : 10 For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?
  • 1 Cor 10:16 : 16 The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?
  • 2 Cor 6:15-17 : 15 And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not? 16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. 17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

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  • 1 Cor 10:15-20
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    15 What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

    16 The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?

    17 Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

    18 See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?

    19 Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?

    20 What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits.

  • 1 Cor 10:22
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    22 Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

  • Eph 5:7
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    7 Have no part with such men;

  • 1 Cor 11:20-22
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    20 But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

    21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

    22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

  • 1 Cor 11:26-29
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    26 For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

    27 If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

    28 But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

    29 For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

  • 2 Cor 6:14-15
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    14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

    15 And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?

  • 1 Cor 5:9-11
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    9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

    10 But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

    11 But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.

  • 1 Cor 10:7
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    7 Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

  • Mark 10:38-39
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    38 But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo?

    39 And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

  • Rev 14:10
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    10 To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb:

  • Heb 13:10
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    10 We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

  • 1 Cor 6:10
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    10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 22:30
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    30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Luke 16:13
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    13 No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

  • Matt 6:24
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    24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

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    8 And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

  • Luke 7:33
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    33 For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

  • 2 John 1:11
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    11 For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.

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    17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

  • Gal 5:21
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    21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 22:17
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    17 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15 Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

  • Matt 11:18
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    18 For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

  • Mark 3:23
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    23 And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

  • 1 Cor 15:33
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    33 Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

  • Exod 34:15
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    15 So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

  • Luke 22:20
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    20 And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

  • Luke 11:18
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    18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
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    9 And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

  • Matt 20:22
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    22 But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?

  • Eph 5:11
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    11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

  • Eph 4:27
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    27 And do not give way to the Evil One.

  • Jer 25:28
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    28 And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.