1 Corinthians 10:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.”
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“Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”
King James Version · Public Domain“seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because one bread, one body, are we the many--for we all of the one bread do partake.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 10:17 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
- 1 Corinthians 10:3They all ate the same spiritual food
- 1 Corinthians 10:21You 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 11:26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12The 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 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
- Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Ephesians 2:15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
- Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
- Ephesians 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
- Ephesians 4:16From 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 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
- Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Colossians 3:15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
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