1 CORINTHIANS 10:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?”
Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? — The cultic principle: participants in sacrificial meals are koinonoi (partners, participants) of the altar. The altar, as seat of God's presence, makes all who eat from sacrifice into covenant partners. The analogy prepares the ground for the next claim about idolatry.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:18
“Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they which eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?” Again, from the old covenant he leads them unto this point also. For because they were far beneath the greatness of the things which had been spoken, he persuades them both from former things and from those to which they were accustomed. And he says well, “according to the flesh,” as though they themselves were according to the Spirit. And what he says is of this nature: “even…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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