1 Corinthians 10:17
because one bread, one body, are we the many — for we all of the one bread do partake.
Young's Literal Translation
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, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.
1 Corinthians 10:21Ye are not able the cup of the Lord to drink, and the cup of demons; ye are not able of the table of the Lord to partake, and of the table of demons;
1 Corinthians 12:12For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ,
Galatians 3:26for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 2:15the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,
Ephesians 4:4one body and one Spirit, according 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 →