1 Corinthians 10:18

Flee from Idolatry

17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.18Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?19Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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Berean Standard Bible
Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
American Standard Version (1901)
Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
Bible in Basic English
See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?
Douay-Rheims 1899
Behold Israel according to the flesh: are not they, that eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar?
Free Bible Version
Look at the people of Israel. Don't those who eat the sacrifices made on the altar share together?
Geneva Bible 1599
Beholde Israel, which is after the flesh: are not they which eate of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
King James (Authorized) Version
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
Plain English Version
Think about the Israel people. They give animals to God and cook their meat on a special table. They show respect to God as they eat that meat, and that joins them together with God and with each other.
Translation for Translators
Consider what happens when the Israeli people eat the food that the priests sacrifice on the altar outside the Temple. They participate in what the priests do at [MTY] the altar. [RHQ] Similarly, if you eat food that non-believers have offered to an idol in a temple, you are participating in their worship of the idol there.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?
Noah Webster Bible
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they who eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar?
World English Bible
Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
Young's Literal Translation
See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?