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1 Corinthians 10

1 Cor. 10:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
we
esmen (Greek #2070)
we are
KJV usage: are, be, have our being, X have hope, + (the gospel) was (preached unto) us.
Pronounce: es-men'
Origin: first person plural indicative of 1510
being many
polus (Greek #4183)
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
KJV usage: abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly. Compare 4118, 4119.
Pronounce: pol-oos'
Origin: including the forms from the alternate πολλός
are
esmen (Greek #2070)
we are
KJV usage: are, be, have our being, X have hope, + (the gospel) was (preached unto) us.
Pronounce: es-men'
Origin: first person plural indicative of 1510
one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
bread
artos (Greek #740)
bread (as raised) or a loaf
KJV usage: (shew-)bread, loaf.
Pronounce: ar'-tos
Origin: from 142
, and one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
body
soma (Greek #4983)
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bodily, body, slave.
Pronounce: so'-mah
Origin: from 4982
: for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
we are
metecho (Greek #3348)
to share or participate; by implication, belong to, eat (or drink)
KJV usage: be partaker, pertain, take part, use.
Pronounce: met-ekh'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 2192
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
partakers
metecho (Greek #3348)
to share or participate; by implication, belong to, eat (or drink)
KJV usage: be partaker, pertain, take part, use.
Pronounce: met-ekh'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 2192
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
that one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
bread
artos (Greek #740)
bread (as raised) or a loaf
KJV usage: (shew-)bread, loaf.
Pronounce: ar'-tos
Origin: from 142
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Ministry on This Verse

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we being.
1 Cor. 12:12,27• 12For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
 27Now *ye* are Christ's body, and members in particular. (1 Cor. 12:12,27)
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Rom. 12:5• 5thus we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other. (Rom. 12:5)
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Gal. 3:26‑28• 26for ye are all God's sons by faith in Christ Jesus.
 27For ye, as many as have been baptised unto Christ, have put on Christ.
 28There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus: (Gal. 3:26‑28)
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Eph. 1:22‑23• 22and has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly,
 23which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all: (Eph. 1:22‑23)
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Eph. 2:15‑16• 15having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
 16and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity; (Eph. 2:15‑16)
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Eph. 3:6• 6that they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings; (Eph. 3:6)
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Eph. 4:12‑13• 12for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
 13until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at the full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ; (Eph. 4:12‑13)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
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Col. 2:19• 19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God. (Col. 2:19)
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Col. 3:11,15• 11wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is everything, and in all.
 15And let the peace of Christ preside in your hearts, to which also ye have been called in one body, and be thankful. (Col. 3:11,15)
that.
1 Cor. 10:3‑4,21• 3and all ate the same spiritual food,
 4and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed them:
 21Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons. (1 Cor. 10:3‑4,21)
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1 Cor. 11:26‑28• 26For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.
 27So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.
 28But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. (1 Cor. 11:26‑28)
• The "one bread" does not only set forth that those who at any given time partake of the bread are one, nor that believers in any particular locality are one, but it sets forth the unity of the whole body which includes every true believer. (“1 Corinthians 10” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because we, being many, are one loafb, one body; for we all partakec of that one loafb.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "bread."
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Metecho, see Note q, Heb. 2.14.

W. Kelly Translation

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Because we, the many, are one loaf, one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.