1 Corinthians 10:17
Because we who are many are one bread, one body, for we all do share in the one loaf.
Montgomery New Testament
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, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.
1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons; you cannot be partakers in the Lord’s table and in the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 12:12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.
Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:15In his own body he abolished the cause of our enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, in order to make the two into one new man in himself, so making peace.
Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one spirit, even as also you 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 →