1 Corinthians 10:17
Because we, being many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of one bread.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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
18See Israel after the flesh: are not all eating the sacrifices communicants of the altar?
Cross References
Romans 12:5so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and members one of another.
1 Corinthians 10:21You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you are not able to partake of the table of the Lord, and the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 12:12For indeed there is one body, and it has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
Galatians 3:26For you are all the sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 2:15having destroyed the law of commandments in ordinances, through his flesh, the enmity, in order that He might create the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, as ye indeed are 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 →