1 Corinthians 10:18

Behold the Israel who are in the flesh; are not they who eat the victims, participators of the altar?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

In Context

17As therefore that bread is one, so we are all one body; for we all take to ourselves from that one bread.

19What then do I say? That an idol is any thing? Or, that an idol's sacrifice is any thing? No.

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Cross References

Romans 4:1What then shall we say concerning Abraham the patriarch, that by the flesh he obtained?

Romans 9:3For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh:

2 Corinthians 11:18Because many glory after the flesh, I also will glory.

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 →

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