Ye cannot (ου δυνασθε). Morally impossible to drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons, to partake of the Lord's table and the t…

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, etc. This does not mean that they had no physical ability to do this, or that it was a natural impos…

You cannot . . .—Here follows the special reason why the Apostle desires them not to partake of the wine poured out as an offering…

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 fellowsh…

To make it clearer, Paul speaks of “the Lord’s table”—a term that the Corinthian converts from paganism would readily associate with “tables” used …

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils ,
&c.] Not only they ought not, but they could not right…

Did not joining in the Lord's Supper show a profession of faith in Christ crucified, and of adoring gratitude to Him for His salvation? Christians,…