1 Corinthians 10:17 “Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all pa…”

1 Corinthians 10:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

For we that are many, are one bread and one body, because we all are partakers of one bread.

Darby Translation

Because we, [being] many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf.

Young's Literal Translation

because one bread, one body, are we the many — for we all of the one bread do partake.

Bible in Basic English

Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

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Cross references

“we being”

Romans 12:5 Colossians 3:15 1 Corinthians 12:12 1 Corinthians 12:27 Ephesians 4:25 Galatians 3:26–28

Romans 12:5 · BSB

so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

Colossians 3:15 · BSB

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.

1 Corinthians 12:12 · BSB

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:27 · BSB

Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Galatians 3:26–28 · BSB

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

“that”

1 Corinthians 10:21 1 Corinthians 11:26–28 1 Corinthians 10:3 1 Corinthians 10:4

1 Corinthians 10:21 · BSB

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

1 Corinthians 11:26–28 · BSB

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

1 Corinthians 10:3 · BSB

They all ate the same spiritual food

1 Corinthians 10:4 · BSB

and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Also

Ephesians 4:16 Ephesians 4:4

Ephesians 4:16 · BSB

From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

Ephesians 4:4 · BSB

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

18Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

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