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(1st Corinthians chapter 10, verses 18–33)

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In this week’s installment of my ongoing Biblical Study Series on the writings of the apostle Paul, I will finish up the second half of chapter 10 in the first book of Corinthians. Our lesson will begin at verse 18, but to put it into better context let me quote verse 17 from the end of last week’s lesson, where the apostle Paul was comparing the breaking of bread to the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ when he wrote, “Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.” The ‘one loaf’ symbolizes the body of Christ who was sacrificed for all our sins. He then goes on to use the temple at Jerusalem as an example, since many of those to whom Paul was writing at this point were converted Jews. He begins at verse 18: