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1 Corinthians 10:17 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 10 · verse 17
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.1 Corinthians 10:17 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 10:17 in context
15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16The 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?
17For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
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Key words (Strong's)
- partakersmetechōto be or become partaker, to partakeG3348 →
- breadartosfood composed of flour mixed with water and baked, the Israelites made it in the form of…G740 →
- manypolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
- bodysōmathe body both of men or animals, a dead body or corpse, the living body, of animals, the…G4983 →
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In this passage the apostle urges the general caution against idolatry, in the particular case of eating the heathen sacrifices as such, and out of any religious respect to the idol to whom they were sacrificed. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22