1 Corinthians 10:18
16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless 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 partake of the one loaf.
Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
19 Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
- KJV
- Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
- WEB
- Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
- ASV
- Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
- DARBY
- See Israel according to flesh: are not they who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?
- BLB
- Consider Israel according to flesh: Are not those eating the sacrifices fellow sharers of the altar?
- ÅB
- Se til Israel etter kjødet: Har ikke de som spiser offerne, samfunn med alteret?
- OTB
- Tenk på Israels folk; er ikke de som spiser ofrene deltakere i alteret?
- B1930
- Se til Israel efter kjødet: Har ikke de som eter offerne, samfund med alteret?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:3–5
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
Read in contextLeviticus 3:11
Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Read in contextEphesians 2:11–12
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
Read in contextGalatians 6:16
Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.
Read in contextLeviticus 7:6
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
Read in contextRomans 4:12
And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
Read in contextRomans 4:1
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
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