1 Corinthians 10:14

Wherefore. That is, considering the dangers to which the Corinthians would be exposed by joining in idolatrous feasts, and in view of the provision made for every trusting follower of the Lord to have victory over all the efforts of Satan to make him commit sin, the counsel is given to avoid entirely all contact with idolatry.

Flee. That is, make it a habit to flee. The command suggests urgency, haste, immediate and continuing attention to the business of getting as far away as possible from all contact with idolatry. There must be no compromise with anything connected with idols.

Idolatry. Paul’s advice to the Corinthians who were debating the question of how much contact with idol temples, entertainments, and food, was permissible to the follower of Christ, is good advice also to Christians everywhere and at all times. Idolatry may appear in many forms, including the greed for gain, the passion for power over one’s fellows, the gratification of bodily appetites of various types, and the mad craze for pleasure (see AA 317). The dangers that are present in association with those who do not love and obey God are so great that the Lord calls upon His people to separate themselves from intimate contact with such (see 2 Cor. 6:14-17; cf. Rev. 18:1-4). No man is strong enough to expose himself deliberately and without necessity to contact with “idolatry” in any form, and avoid contamination.