"For we {being} many are one bread, {and} one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread." — 1 Corinthians 10:17

1 Corinthians 10:17 · KJV

“For we {being} many are one bread, {and} one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”

— 1 Corinthians 10:17

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?

Verse 18

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

1 Corinthians 10 — Context

I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

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?

For we {being} many are one bread, {and} one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

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

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

Cross References

Romans 12:5

So we, {being} many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

1 Corinthians 12:12

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also {is} Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Ephesians 4:12-13

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Ephesians 4:4

{There is} one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

Ephesians 4:16

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.