1 Corinthians 10:14
Avoid Idol Feasts So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
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- 1 Cor 10:7 : 7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”
- 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
- Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
- Rev 13:8 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
- Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
- Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
- Rom 12:19 : 19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
- 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
- 1 Cor 10:20-21 : 20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
- 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
- 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
- 2 Cor 11:11 : 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
- 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
- 2 Cor 12:19 : 19 Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.
- Phil 4:1 : 1 Christian Practices So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
- Phlm 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and colaborer,
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6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.
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16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
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19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?
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2 You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
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9 For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
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4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”
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22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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14 Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
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4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
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14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.
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7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
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17 Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;
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5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
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1 Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
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16 Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.
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10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?
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22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
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18 Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.
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9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.
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15 Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
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4 Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.
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12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.
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17 If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.
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22 Stay away from every form of evil.
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7 But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.
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5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’
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7 I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”
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15 My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
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14 You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,
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17 You must not make yourselves molten gods.
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24 Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,