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1 Corinthians 10:17
17Because we, [being] many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf.
1 Corinthians 10:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
- New International Version (NIV)Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
Context of 1 Corinthians 10:17
15I speak as to intelligent [persons]: do ye judge what I say. 16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not [the] communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not [the] communion of the body of the Christ? Because we, [being] many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf. 18See Israel according to flesh: are not they who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar? 19What then do I say? that what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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ὅτι εἷς ἄρτος ἓν σῶμα οἱ πολλοί ἐσμεν· οἱ γὰρ πάντες ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μετέχομεν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:17
- 1 Corinthians 12:12For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ.
- Romans 12:5thus we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other.
- Galatians 3:26for ye are all God's sons by faith in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 1:22and has put all things under his feet, and gave him [to be] head over all things to the assembly,
- Ephesians 2:15having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
- Ephesians 3:6that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
- Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
- Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
- Colossians 2:19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
- Colossians 3:11wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ [is] everything, and in all.
- 1 Corinthians 10:3and all ate the same spiritual food,
- 1 Corinthians 11:26For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17For we, being many, are one bread - The original would be better translated thus: Because there is one bread, or loaf; we, who are many, are one body. As only one loaf was used at the passover, and those who partook of it were considered to be one religious body; so we who partake of the eucharistical bread and wine, in commemoration of the sacrificial death of Christ, are one spiritual society, because we are all made partakers of that one Christ whose…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17For we - We Christians. “Being many.” Greek “The many” ( ̔ ́ hoi polloi). This idea is not, as our translation would seem to indicate, that Christians were numerous, but that “all” (for ̔ ́ is here evidently used in the sense of , “all”) were united, and constituted one society. Are one bread - One loaf; one cake. That is, we are united, or are one. There is evident allusion here to the fact that the loaf or cake was composed of many separate grains of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 Did not the joining in the Lord's supper show a profession of faith in Christ crucified, and of adoring gratitude to him for his salvation ? Christians, by this ordinance, and the faith therein professed, were united as the grains of wheat in one loaf of bread, or as the members in the human body, seeing they were all united to Christ, and had fellowship with him and one another. This is confirmed from the Jewish worship and customs in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-18Paul explains the spiritual meaning of sacred meals. In the Lord’s Supper, believers share in the blood and body of Christ (see also 11:17–34; Matthew 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; Luke 22:19–20). Sharing one loaf unites believers as one body in Christ, similar to how pagans’ religious meals connect them with the gods they worship (see 1 Corinthians 10:19–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. one bread--rather, "loaf." One loaf alone seems to have been used in each celebration. and one body--Omit "and"; "one loaf [that is], one body." "We, the many (namely, believers assembled; so the Greek), are one bread (by our partaking of the same loaf, which becomes assimilated to the substance of all our bodies; and so we become), one body" (with Christ, and so with one another). we ... all--Greek, "the whole of us."Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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