1 Corinthians 10:17

For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Cross-reference

1 Corinthians 10:21 warns against sharing the Lord's table and the table of demons — directly contrasting the exclusive unity from the one bread.

1 Corinthians 11:26-28 gives instructions for examining oneself when eating the bread — building on the significance of the one loaf as Christ's body.

In 1 Corinthians 12:12, Paul expands the 'one body' metaphor from the unity in communion to the diversity of spiritual gifts within Christ's body.

1 Corinthians 12:27 directly applies the 'body of Christ' identity to the Corinthians, making explicit that they are the body Paul describes in the bread metaphor.

1 Corinthians 11:24 gives Jesus' words instituting the bread as His body, the same 'one bread' that unites the many.

Colossians 3:11 lists specific divisions (Jew/Greek, slave/free) that are abolished in the one body where Christ is all.

Ephesians 4:13 expands on this unity, calling believers to reach unity in faith and knowledge of Christ — the same one body goal.

Ephesians 3:6 reveals the mystery of Gentiles being fellow members of the same body, deepening the inclusive unity from the one bread.

Romans 12:5 Parallel

Romans 12:5 echoes the same 'one body in Christ' teaching, emphasizing mutual membership among believers as a result of union with Christ.

Galatians 3:26-28 describes the same unity in Christ—all are one, transcending social divisions—echoing the 'one body' from the one bread.

Ephesians 1:23 defines the church as Christ's body, his fullness, adding the dimension of Christ's indwelling to the unity from the one bread.

Ephesians 2:16 explicitly states reconciliation in 'one body' through the cross, grounding the unity from the one bread in Christ's atoning work.

Mark 14:22 Allusion

Mark 14:22 records Jesus instituting the bread as His body, which is the 'one bread' that makes believers one body.

John 6:48 Allusion

John 6:48 identifies Jesus as the bread of life, revealing that the 'one bread' believers share is Christ himself.

Matthew 26:26 records Jesus' institution of the bread as his body — the foundation for the one loaf that creates unity in the church here.

Ephesians 2:15 describes Christ creating 'one new man' from Jew and Gentile, a parallel unity to the one body formed by partaking of one bread.

Ephesians 4:4 affirms there is one body, reinforcing that the unity from one bread leads to the one body of Christ.

Colossians 2:19 emphasizes the body's growth from Christ the head — adding the source of unity to the one body imagery here.

Acts 2:42 Parallel

Acts 2:42 shows the early church's devotion to breaking bread, the practice that Paul explains creates unity in the one body.

Ephesians 4:25 applies the 'members of one body' truth to honest speech — a practical outworking of the unity from the one loaf.

Colossians 3:15 calls believers to let Christ's peace rule, since they are members of one body — the same identity from the one loaf.