1 Corinthians 10:18
Look at Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers with the altar?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
In Context
17Because the loaf is one, we, the many, are one body, for we are all partakers of the one loaf.
Cross References
Romans 4:1What, then, shall we say that Abraham our father has found, as it respects the flesh?
Romans 9:3for I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;
2 Corinthians 11:18Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
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 →