What Does 1 Corinthians 10:18 Mean in the King James?
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Eating at the altar makes the eater a sharer in what it holds, so the meal is participation, not mere consumption.
THE MEANING
The verse asks you to see that those who eat the sacrifices are sharers in the altar. Eating places the eater within what the altar represents; it is participation in a shared offering, not detached consumption.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that eating from an altar is only a private act with no share in what the altar represents.
THE ROOT
κοινωνοί
koinōnoi
GROWS FROM
κοινός
koinos
common, shared
“Partakers” belongs to the Greek word family of κοινός, meaning “common” or “shared.” The word points to people who hold something in common: eating here makes the person a participant in the altar’s shared reality.
ALSO GROWS
koinōnia: sharing in common
κοινωνία
This branch names shared participation and shows that the altar meal binds its participants together.
koinōneō: to share, participate
κοινωνέω
This verb makes the action explicit: the eater takes part in what the altar represents.
THE PATTERN
Eating what is set apart as an offering makes the eater a participant in its shared meaning.
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.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?He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.THE THREAD
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.“Partakers” here is from the same Greek word family as the word in 10:18, rooted in κοινός (koinos), “common, shared.” The next verse sharpens the connection: sharing a table means participating in what that table represents.
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