1 Corinthians 10:17
Because we, the many, are one bread, one body, for we are all partakers of the one bread.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 12:5so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one body-parts of each other.
1 Corinthians 10:21Ye cannot drink the cup of Lord, and the cup of demons. Ye cannot be partakers of a table of Lord, and of a table of demons.
1 Corinthians 12:12For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
Galatians 3:26For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:15having abolished in his flesh the enmity--the law of the commandments in ordinances--so that he might create in himself the two into one new man, making peace,
Ephesians 4:4one body, and one Spirit. Just as also ye were called in one hope of your calling,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:16-23
Against Countenancing Idolatry. ( a. d. 57.) 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered… Read the whole commentary →