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21. οὐ δύνασθε … πίνειν. See note on 1Co 10:18, and for the nature of heathen sacrifices note on 1Co 8:1. The cup of daemons was the libation with which the meal commenced. It was the cup of daemons (1) because it was the cup of worship to beings other than God, which He Whose name was Jealous (Exo 34:14; cf. Exo 20:5) and Who ‘will not give His glory to another’ (Isa 42:8) had forbidden, and (2) because the worship of many of the gods was a distinct homage to the powers of evil, by reason of its polluting nature. Such worship obviously unfitted those who took part in it for fellowship with Christ. Cf. also 2Co 6:15-16.