1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 Corinthians 10:7 idolaters. Paul begins to make the case that eating in the temple of a pagan god is not actually the “right” that the Corinthians imagined (1 Corinthians 8:9). It is participation in “the table of demons” (1 Corinthians 10:21) and idolatry. For a Christian to eat meals in these temples is to follow the poor example of the Israelites who worshiped other gods (Exodus 32:1).

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