1 Corinthians 10:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Cup

Luke 22:19

The communion of the blood

The bread

1 Corinthians 11:23

Acts 2:42

Acts 20:7

General references

John 6:48

Bible References

Cup

And I would not have you partakers with demons. Ye cannot drink of the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread:

Now as they were at table, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body:

And as they were at table, Jesus took bread, and when He had blessed it He brake it, and gave it to them, and said, Take, eat, This is my body:

And He took bread, and gave thanks and brake it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me:

The communion of the blood

No: but this I say, that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God.

for God is faithful by whom ye were called into the communion of his son Jesus Christ our Lord.

so also is the mystical body of Christ; for by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, (whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free) and are all made to drink into one Spirit:

Then said Jesus unto them, I tell you truly, that unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

for we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold fast our first confidence firm unto the end; inasmuch as it is said,

and was manifested unto us) what we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that ye also may have communion with us: and our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

The bread

For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread:

And they continued stedfast in the apostles doctrine, and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples were assembled together to break bread, Paul being about to depart on the morrow, preached unto them, and continued his discourse till midnight.

General references

I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead: