Verse 17. _FOR WE_, BEING MANY, _ARE ONE BREAD_] The original would be better translated thus: _Because there is one bread_, or _loaf; we, who are many, are one body_. As only one loaf was used at th...
FOR WE - We Christians. “Being many.” Greek “The many” (οἱ πολλοί hoi polloi). This idea is not, as our translation would seem to indicate, that Christians were numerous, but that “all” (for οἱ πολ...
7. WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Warnings from Israel's past history. (1 Corinthians 10:4)._ 2. Exhortations. (1 Corinthians 10:15). The same subject is continued with this chapter. The...
Paul now deals directly with the problem of idol sacrifice. He appeals to the analogy of the Supper. The Eucharistic cup brings the worshipper into fellowship with Christ's blood, the loaf into fellow...
So then, my beloved ones, avoid everything that has to do with idols. I speak as I would to sensible men; pass your own judgment on what I am saying. Is not this blessed cup on which we ask the blessi...
THE PERIL OF OVER-CONFIDENCE (1 Corinthians 10:1-13)...
FOR, &C. Literally Because there is one loaf, we the many are one body. Compare 1 Corinthians 12:12. BREAD. Greek. _artos_. Always translated "loaf" when the number is specified. See Matthew 14:17; Ma...
_For we being many are one bread, and one body_ "As one loaf is made up of many grains, and one body is composed of many members, so the Church of Christ is joined together of many faithful ones, unit...
The danger of eating Meats sacrificed to Idols shewn from the example of Sacrificial Feasts in general 15. _I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say_ Even in the plenitude of his Apostolic authorit...
ὍΤΙ ΕἿΣ ἌΡΤΟΣ, ἛΝ ΣΩ͂ΜΑ ΟἹ ΠΟΛΛΟΊ ἘΣΜΕΝ. Either, with R.V., _seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body_, or, _because there is one loaf, we, the many, are one body_, i.e. the loaf, in its...
THE DANGER OF EATING MEATS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS SHEWN FROM THE EXAMPLE OF SACRIFICIAL FEASTS IN GENERAL...
_HAVING COMMUNION WITH CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS 10:15-22:_ The children of Israel in the wilderness saw more miracles than anyone before them or after them. Yet they turned to idolatry. The very nature of...
FOR WE, BEING MANY, &C.— This verse is still a further proof that _the cup of blessing,_ &c. is not, as some would urge, merely a commemoration of a deceased benefactor; but a commemoration of Christ'...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Indulgence (1 Corinthians 10:14-22) 14 Therefore, my beloved, shun the worship of idols. 15I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16The cup of bless...
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. ONE BREAD - rather, 'loaf.' One loaf alone probably was used in each celebration. (AND) ONE BODY. Omit ...
25 Contestants in the Grecian games had to take an oath that they had been ten months in training, and that they would violate none of the regulations. They lived on a prescribed diet and exercised se...
10:17 loaf, (b-7) loaf. (b-17) Or 'bread.' partake (c-13) _ Metecho_ , see Note q, Hebrews 2:14 ....
FOR WE _being_ MANY] better, RM 'Seeing that there is one bread, we who are many are one body.' It is a Sacrament of unity in Christ; partakers of the one Bread, broken and distributed to each, we all...
_(B) FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS_ In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a very ur...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 *WARNINGS FROM ISRAEL’S HISTORY 10:1-13 *SPIRITUAL FOOD AND DRINK 10:1-5 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I do not want you to forget that a...
FOR WE BEING MANY ARE ONE BREAD. — Better, _For it is one bread, and we, the many, are one body, for we all take a portion of that one bread._ This verse explains how “the breaking” of the bread was t...
CHAPTER 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. And pa...
unfolds the assertion virtually contained in the question just asked: “Seeing that (ὅτι) there is one bread, we, the many, are one body”; so Vg [1511], “Quoniam unus panis, unum corpus multi sumus,” C...
§ 33. THE COMMUNION OF THE LORD, AND OF DEMONS. A further warning the Ap. will give against dalliance with idolatry, based on Christian practice as the former was based on Israelite history. He points...
HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP WITH EVIL 1 Corinthians 10:11 By _the end of the world_ is meant the end of one great era and the beginning of another. The Jewish dispensation was passing, the Christian age comin...
A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that th...
The Lord's Supper and Idolatry When any Christian partakes of the Lord's Supper, he partakes of the blessings of fellowship with Christ and his brethren. Both baptism and the Lord's Supper recall Chri...
We being many, are one bread. Or, as it may be rendered, agreeably both to the Latin and Greek, because the bread is one, all we, being many, are one body, who partake of that one bread. For it is by...
3. THE APPLICATION OF THESE EXAMPLES TO THE CHURCH OF CORINTH. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12-22. The parallel which the apostle had proposed to draw between the Israelites and Christians is closed. He now makes...
II. THE QUESTION CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE SALVATION OF THE STRONG THEMSELVES. 9:23-10:22. As Paul concluded the preceding development by giving his own example, he introduces the following...
“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? 17. Seeing that there is only one bread, w...
(16) 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? (17) For we being many are one bread,...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
17._For we are one bread. _I have already stated above, that it was not Paul’s particular design here to exhort us to love, but he mentions this by the way, that the Corinthians may understand that we...
The apostle then gives the Corinthians the ways of God with Israel in the wilderness, as instruction with regard to His ways with us, declaring that the things which happened to them were types or fig...
FOR WE BEING MANY, ARE ONE BREAD AND ONE BODY,.... The several members of the church of Christ; particular believers are indeed many, considered in themselves, in their own persons; yet by virtue of t...
For we _being_ many are one bread, _and_ one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. Ver. 17. _And one body_] By the force of faith and love. Song of Solomon 6:9; "My dove is but one; the d...
_The cup of blessing_ In the Lord's supper, the sacramental cup; _which we bless_ Set apart to a sacred use, solemnly invoking the blessing of God upon it. Dr. Macknight renders the original expressio...
ARE ONE BREAD; as being all partakers of that one bread which represents Christ, and thus made one spiritual body in Christ....
CONDUCT TOWARD THE WEAK. A reference to the Lord's Supper:...
FOR WE BEING MANY ARE ONE BREAD AND ONE BODY; FOR WE ARE ALL PARTAKERS OF THAT ONE BREAD. The first sentences are in the nature of a transition between the two sections of the chapter. The sad fate of...
Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place o...
SEEING THAT WE, WHO ARE MANY, ARE ONE BREAD, ONE BODY: FOR WE ARE ALL PARTAKE OF THE ONE BREAD. 'we' -Christians universally. 'ARE ONE BREAD' -'Since there is one bread, we who are many are one bod...
15-22 Did not the joining in the Lord's supper show a profession of faith in Christ crucified, and of adoring gratitude to him for his salvation ? Christians, by this ordinance, and the faith therein...
Believers, though MANY, yet ARE ONE BODY, and declare themselves to be one body mystical, by their fellowship together in the ordinance of the Lord's supper; as the bread they there eat is ONE BREAD,...
seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread. [Paul here points out the nature of the Lord's Supper, showing how it unites us with each other and with the...
1 Corinthians 10:17 For G3754 we G2070 many G4183 are G2070 (G5748) one G1520 bread G740 one G1520 bod
'The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ? Seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, o...
1 Corinthians 10:17. SEEING THAT WE, WHO ARE MANY, ARE ONE BREAD, ONE BODY: FOR WE ALL PARTAKE OF THE ONE BREAD. In all ancient times friends were made one over a common meal; much more is this onenes...
It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
_Attendance at Idolatrous Feasts, 1 Corinthians 10:14_ to 1 Corinthians 11:1 When the first love of the converts began to cool, and, as a natural consequence, they drew closer to their heathen acquain...
ONE BREAD (εις αρτος). One loaf.WHO ARE MANY (ο πολλο). The many.WE ALL (ο παντες). We the all, the whole number, ο παντες being in apposition with the subjectWE (ημεις unexpressed).PARTAKE...
1 Corinthians 10:15. 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...
CONTENTS: Israel in the wilderness, a warning example. Fellowship of the Lord's table demands separation. Law of love in relation to eating and drinking. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Moses. CONCLU...
1 Corinthians 10:1. _I would not have you ignorant_ of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; _that our fathers,_ for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respecting...
BECAUSE THERE IS ONE BREAD. Paul shows here how vital to the church is the sharing/participating in the Lord's Supper (Holy Meal). This was being _defiled_ by their taking part in the idol's feasts. ...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 10:17 ONE BREAD... ONE BODY. After Jesus gave thanks for and broke the bread, he said, “This is my body which is for you” ...
CHAPTER 10 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER From speaking of the contest, in which those who deny themselves and strive lawfully are rewarded, and in which the slothful and self-indulgent are condemned and pu...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 10:1.—Notice “_for_,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. _ult. Q.d_. “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; _for_ it is e...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 _Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations._ 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 MOREOVER; rather, _for. _He has just shown them, by his own ex
Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and passed through the sea (1 Corinthians 10:1); Now he is talking about their forefathers w...
1 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Corinthians 10:3; 1 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Corinthians 11:26;...
For [ο τ ι]. Better, seeing that. It begins a new sentence which is dependent on the following proposition : Seeing that there is one bread, we who are many are one body. Paul is deducing the mutual c...
For it is this communion which makes us all one. We being many are yet, as it were, but different parts of one and the same broken bread, which we receive to unite us in one body....
The apostles argument lies thus: As Christians, though many, yet by virtue of their society in the same worship, are compacted together as it were into one loaf or lump, that is, into one mystical bod...