Paul rebukes the Corinthians for making the house of God a place of feasting and revelry, like a company of idolaters: “What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not?” The public religious feasts of the Greeks had been conducted in this way, and it was by following the counsels of false teachers that the Christians had been led to imitate their example. These teachers had begun by assuring them that it was not wrong to attend idolatrous feasts, and had finally introduced similar practices into the Christian church.{LP 171.1}

Paulus irettesætter korinterne for at gøre Guds hus til et fest og gildested, ligesom en gruppe afgudsdyrkere: "Har I da ikke hjem, hvor I kan spise og drikke? Eller foragter I Guds menighed og gør dem skamfulde, der intet har? Hvad skal jeg dog sige til jer? Skal jeg rose jer?" Grækernes offentlige religiøse fester var blevet ledt på denne måde, og det var ved at følge falske læreres råd at kristne var blevet ledt til at efterligne deres eksempel. Disse lærere begyndte at forvisse dem om at det ikke var forkert at deltage i afgudefester, og var til sidst introduceret i lignende øvelser i den kristne kirke.