1 Corinthians 10:17
Because we, the many, are one loaf, one body; for we all share in that one loaf.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
18Behold Israel according to the flesh. Are not they who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
Cross References
Romans 12:5so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.
1 Corinthians 10:21Ye can not drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons; ye can not share in the table of the Lord, and the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
Galatians 3:26For ye are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:15having abolished in his flesh the enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might make the two one new man in himself, making peace;
Ephesians 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, 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 →