1 Corinthians 10:17

17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

1 Corinthians 10:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
ESV
17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
NLT
17 And though we are many, we all eat from one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body.
MSG
17 Because there is one loaf, our many-ness becomes one-ness - Christ doesn't become fragmented in us. Rather, we become unified in him. We don't reduce Christ to what we are; he raises us to what he is.
CSB
17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for all of us share that one bread.

1 Corinthians 10:17 In-Context

15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:27
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