World English Bible

1 Corinthians 10:17

“Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.”

Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 10

I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.

The cup of blessing which we bless, isn't it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn't it a sharing of the body of Christ?

Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.

Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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