13 It is God alone that can save us; in Him there will always be a way of escape however hotly the temptation press in on us, for such temptation must needs come to those that are but human.
14 But mark me, note what I say.
15 Beware, O beware, of idolatry, of pagan feasts and rites. Study well my words.
16 That cup over which we pronounce the blessing,
17 and the bread which we break, assembling ourselves together for the purpose —
18 have they anything to do with the rites observed by pagans, and can we who take this cup of the Lord fall into the error of idolatry?
19 Certainly the image and the meat sacrificed to it are nothing —