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Ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἃ θύει τὰ ἔθνη, δαιμονίοις θύει καὶ οὐ Θεῷ· οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων γίνεσθε. (1 Corinthians 10:20)

But that the nations sacrifice what they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers with the demons.

This verse captures Paul’s urgent theological concern through the grammatical precision of Koine Greek. Within the flow of 1 Corinthians 10, Paul contrasts the worship of the nations with the sacred fellowship of believers at the Lord’s table. The syntax here mirrors his pastoral tension, both warning and persuasion, bridging Semitic idiom with Hellenistic directness.… Learn Koine Greek