For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
The warning against idolatry contained in the text is for all time and is especially suited to the needs of the present day. Idolatry here is not limited to the worship of images, but includes selfishness, love of ease, and indulgence of appetite and passion. Mere profession of faith in Christ and boastful knowledge of the truth does not make a person a Christian. A religion that aims only to gratify the eye, the ear, and the taste, or that allows any harmful self-indulgence, is not the religion of Christ, but agrees with the spirit of the world and stands opposed to the teaching of Scripture. When professed members of the Christian church copy worldly customs and take pleasure in worldly enjoyments at festivals and places of amusement, they enter into virtual union with the enemies of God.
The warning against idolatry contained in the text is for all time and is especially suited to the needs of the present day. Idolatry here is not limited to the worship of images, but includes selfishness, love of ease, and indulgence of appetite and passion. Mere profession of faith in Christ and boastful knowledge of the truth does not make a person a Christian. A religion that aims only to gratify the eye, the ear, and the taste, or that allows any harmful self-indulgence, is not the religion of Christ, but agrees with the spirit of the world and stands opposed to the teaching of Scripture. When professed members of the Christian church copy worldly customs and take pleasure in worldly enjoyments at festivals and places of amusement, they enter into virtual union with the enemies of God.