16The 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?
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And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. …
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: …
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)In this passage the apostle urges the general caution against idolatry, in the particular case of eating the heathen sacrifices as such, and out of any religious respect to the idol to whom they were sacrificed. I. He prefaces his argument with an appeal to their own reason and judgment: “ I speak to wise men, judge you what I say , 1 Cor. 10:15. You are great pretenders to wisdom, to close reason…
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