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Flee from Idolatry

1 Corinthians 10:20

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
[No,] but that the things that the nations sacrifice—they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons.
YLT
[no,] but that the things that the nations sacrifice — they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons.
DBY
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.Elohim
DRC
But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils.
GNV
Nay, but that these things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to deuils, and not vnto God: and I would not that ye should haue fellowship with the deuils.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read θύουσιν (“they sacrifice”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θύει (“he sacrifices”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἔθνη (“gentiles”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read θύουσιν (“they sacrifice”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θύει (“they sacrifice”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (5)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ (“the”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place οὐ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place θεῷ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of γίνεσθαι: Tyndale House: γείνεσθαι.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: θύουσιν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read θύουσιν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read θύουσιν τὰ ἔθνη; Robinson–Pierpont read θύει τὰ ἔθνη.
  • SBLGNT: καὶ οὐ θεῷ θύουσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ οὐ θεῷ θύουσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read θύει καὶ οὐ θεῷ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀλλʼ ὅτι ἃ θύουσιν, δαιμονίοις καὶ οὐ θεῷ θύουσιν, οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων γίνεσθαι.
RP2018
Ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἃ θύει τὰ ἔθνη, δαιμονίοις θύει, καὶ οὐ θεῷ· οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων γίνεσθαι.
TR-Boyd
Ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι ἃ θύει τὰ ἔθνη, δαιμονίοις θύει, καὶ οὐ Θεῷ· οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων γίνεσθαι.
SCR1894
αλλ οτι α θυει τα εθνη δαιμονιοις θυει και ου θεω ου θελω δε υμας κοινωνους των δαιμονιων γινεσθαι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 9:20Now 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…
  • Psalms 106:37–39They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. They defiled…
  • Deuteronomy 32:16–17They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:4The 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.
  • Leviticus 17:7They 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.’
  • 2 Chronicles 11:15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • Content check: text resembles KJV 1Cor.10.19 (word overlap 0.36) more than 1Cor.10.20 (0.14); mapping unverified.

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