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16-18 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a very sharing in the blood of Christ? When we break the bread do we not actually share in the body of Christ? The very fact that we all share one bread makes us all one body. Look at the Jews of our own day. Isn’t there a fellowship between all those who eat the altar sacrifices?

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16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break(A) a participation in the body of Christ?(B) 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,(C) for we all share the one loaf.

18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices(D) participate in the altar?

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