1 Corinthians 10:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The 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? ”

• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The cup of blessing which we bless - The design of this verse and the following verses seems to be, to prove that Christians, by partaking of the Lord’s Supper, are solemnly set apart to the serv...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The cup of (n) blessing which we bless, is it not the (o) communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? (n) Of thanksgiving: whereupon, t...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul now deals directly with the problem of idol sacrifice. He appeals to the analogy of the Supper. The Eucharistic cup brings the worshipper into fellowship with Christ's blood, the loaf into fello...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  cup, &c . Four cups, one called the cup of blessing, were used at the Paschal Supper. which we bless . Compare Matthew 26:27 (gave thanks). communion . Same as fellowship ( 1 Corinthians 1...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  16. The cup of blessing While the sacred Supper of Christ has two elements — bread and wine — he begins with the second. He calls it, the cup of blessing, as having been set apart for a my...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The 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? The cup of blessing - The apostle speaks h...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The cup of blessing, &c.— The Jews used to conclude the feast whereon the paschal lamb was eaten, with a cup of wine. This they called the cup of blessing, and the cup of praising, becaus...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The 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? The cup of blessing - answering to...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  (b) Food offered to Idols In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a ver...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The cup of blessing which we bless. — In other passages the cup is mentioned after the bread, and not, as here, before it. The order in which they are placed here has been variously accounted for,...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. An...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Have No Fellowship with Evil 1 Corinthians 10:11-22 By the end of the world is meant the end of one great era and the beginning of another. The Jewish dispensation was passing, the Christian...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that t...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (16) The 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? (17) For we being many are one bread,...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  COMMUNION WITH CHRIST ‘The 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?’ 1 Corinthian...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The cup of blessing, which we bless ,.... Meaning the cup of wine used in the Lord's supper, which being set apart for that service, is taken up, and the name of the Lord called upon over it; and he...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The 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? Ver. 16. The cup of blessing ] Not the...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The cup of blessing In the Lord's supper, the sacramental cup; which we bless Set apart to a sacred use, solemnly invoking the blessing of God upon it. Dr. Macknight renders the original expressi...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Against Countenancing Idolatry. A. D.  57.       15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.  ...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  It is on all hands agreed, that the apostle is here speaking of believers communicating in the sacrament of the Lord's supper. By the cup of blessing, he meaneth the cup there, which he so calleth,...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  'The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ? Seeing that we, who are many, are one bread,...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 10:1 .—Notice “ for ,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. ult. Q.d . “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; for it...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1 Corinthians 10:15-19 . I Speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The 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 com...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Corinthians 10:1 . I would not have you ignorant of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; that our fathers, for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respect...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 10:1-46 Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations. 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover ; rather, for. He has just shown the...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Conduct toward the Weak. A reference to the Lord's Supper:

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:9 ; 1 Corinthians 10:20 ; 1 Corinthians 10:21 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 ; 1 Corinthians 11:24 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; 1 John 1:3 ; 1 John 1:7 ; Acts 2:4...

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• 1 Corinthians 10:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The cup which we bless — By setting it apart to a sacred use, and solemnly invoking the blessing of God upon it. Is it not the communion of the blood of Christ — The means of our partaking of those...

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