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1 Corinthians 10

1 Cor. 10:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For
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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The One Body

Cross References

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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 hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
 27Now ye are Christ's body, and members in particular. (1 Cor. 12:12,27)
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Rom. 12:5• 5so we, the many, are one body in Christ, but individually members of one another. (Rom. 12:5)
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Gal. 3:26‑28• 26for ye all are sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
 27For as many of you as were baptized unto Christ, put on Christ.
 28There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondservant nor freeman, there is no male and female; for all ye are one in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:26‑28)
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Eph. 1:22‑23• 22and put all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all things to the assembly,
 23which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth 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 the commandments in ordinances, that he might create the two in himself into one new man, making peace,
 16and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it. (Eph. 2:15‑16)
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Eph. 3:6• 6that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow-partakers of the promises in Christ Jesus by the gospel, (Eph. 3:6)
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Eph. 4:12‑13• 12for the perfecting of the saints, unto work of ministry, unto edifying of the body of the Christ,
 13until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at [the] measure of [the] stature of the fullness of the Christ; (Eph. 4:12‑13)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore having put off falsehood, speak truth each with his neighbour, for 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 knit together by the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God. (Col. 2:19)
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Col. 3:11,15• 11where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond, free, but Christ the whole, and in all.
 15And let the peace of the Christ rule in your hearts, into which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. (Col. 3:11,15)
that.
1 Cor. 10:3‑4,21• 3and all ate the same spiritual meat,
 4and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of a spiritual attendant rock (and the rock was Christ);
 21Ye cannot drink [the] Lord's cup, and a cup of demons; ye cannot partake of [the] Lord's table, and of a table of demons. (1 Cor. 10:3‑4,21)
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1 Cor. 11:26‑28• 26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord till he come.
 27Wherefore whosoever eateth the bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty as to the body and the blood of the Lord.
 28But let a man prove himself, and so let him 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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b
Or "bread."
c
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.