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  • 1 Corinthians 10:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 21 You cannot be drinking the cup of Jehovah* and the cup of demons; you cannot be partaking of “the table of Jehovah”*+ and the table of demons.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:21
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 21 οὐ Not δύνασθε YOU are able ποτήριον cup Κυρίου of Lord πίνειν to be drinking καὶ and ποτήριον cup δαιμονίων· of demons; οὐ not δύνασθε YOU are able τραπέζης of table Κυρίου of Lord μετέχειν to be partaking καὶ and τραπέζης of table δαιμονίων. of demons.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 21 YOU cannot be drinking the cup of Jehovah*+ and the cup of demons; YOU cannot be partaking of “the table of Jehovah”*+ and the table of demons.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:21
    The Bible in Living English
    • 21 You cannot drink the Lord’s cup and demons’ cup! you cannot share the Lord’s table and demons’ table!

  • 1 Corinthians 10:21
    American Standard Version
    • 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:21
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 21 Ye cannot be drinking—a cup of the Lord and a cup of demons; Ye cannot be partaking of a table of the Lord and a table of demons.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:21
    King James Version
    • 21 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.

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 10:21 lff lesson 24; w19.10 30; it-2 269; w94 7/1 8-13; rs 389

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 10:21 w85 1/15 26; w80 4/1 30; w80 6/15 7; us 41; w73 181; w73 700; w68 572-573; im 30; w64 203; w62 145, 601; wr 58; w61 281; w59 410; yw 154; w57 222; w56 46; w52 126; w51 51; w43 77; w41 281; ch 79

  • 1 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 10:21

      Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 24

      The Watchtower (Study),

      10/2019, p. 30

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 269

      The Watchtower,

      7/1/1994, pp. 8-13

      1/15/1985, p. 26

      6/15/1980, p. 7

      4/1/1980, p. 30

      11/15/1973, p. 700

      3/15/1973, p. 181

      9/15/1968, pp. 571-574

      4/1/1964, pp. 202-203

      10/1/1962, pp. 601-602

      3/1/1962, pp. 144-146

      5/1/1961, pp. 281-282

      7/1/1959, pp. 409-411

      4/1/1957, p. 222

      1/15/1956, pp. 45-47

      2/15/1952, pp. 126-127

      1/15/1951, pp. 51-52

      Reasoning, p. 389

      Unseen Spirits, pp. 40-41

  • 1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 10
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 10:21

      the cup of Jehovah: Five verses earlier, Paul speaks about the cup of wine symbolizing Christ’s blood at the Lord’s Evening Meal. (1Co 10:16) There he calls the cup used at this observance “the cup of blessing that we bless.” When Jesus instituted this observance, he said a blessing, or prayer, before passing the cup to his disciples. (Mt 26:27, 28; Lu 22:19, 20) Following this pattern, a blessing, or prayer, is said before drinking from the cup. However, it was Jehovah who made all provisions for Christians, including Jesus’ ransom sacrifice; it was to Jehovah that Jesus offered the merit of his sacrifice; it was the will of Jehovah that governed how that sacrifice would be used; and it was Jehovah who foretold and instituted the new covenant. (Jer 31:31-34) So it is proper to speak of “the cup of Jehovah.”​—See App. C3 introduction; 1Co 10:21a.

      the cup of demons . . . the table of demons: Just as the Lord’s Evening Meal is a communion meal​—in certain respects similar to the communion sacrifices in ancient Israel (Le 3:1-16; 7:28-36; 1Co 10:16)​—so sharing in sacrificial meals of idol worshippers would make Christians partakers together with demons. A Christian could not share in the Lord’s Evening Meal and also in the meals of pagans worshipping false gods.

      the table of Jehovah: This expression is understood to be a quote from or an allusion to Mal 1:7, 12, where the altar in Jehovah’s temple is called “the table of Jehovah.” It is called a “table” because the sacrifices offered on it are compared to “food [lit., “bread”].” (Mal 1:7; ftn.; Eze 41:22) When the Israelites ate part of the communion sacrifices to God, they became sharers with him, as if partaking of a meal together, for God was represented by the altar.​—See study note on the cup of Jehovah in this verse and App. C3 introduction; 1Co 10:21b.

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