1 Corinthians 10:18 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁸ Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices share with the altar?

³ Concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David,

¹ What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?

¹² As well as father of the circumcised-to those who are not only circumcised, but who also follow our father Abraham in that faith which he had while still uncircumcised.

³ I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my Brothers-my own countrymen. ⁴ For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as Sons, the visible Presence, the Covenants, the revealed Law, the Temple worship, and the Promises. ⁵ They are descended from the Patriarchs; and, as far as his human nature was concerned, from them came the Christ-he who is supreme over all things, God for ever blessed. Amen. ⁶ Not that God's Word has failed. For it is not all who are descended from Israel who are true Israelites; ⁷ Nor, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all his Children; but-'It is Isaac's children who will be called thy descendants.' ⁸ This means that it is not the children born in the course of nature who are God's Children, but it is the children born in fulfillment of the Promise who are to be regarded as Abraham's descendants.

¹³ Do not you know that those who do the work of the Temple live on what comes from the Temple, and that those who serve at the altar share the offerings with the altar?

¹⁸ As so many are boasting of earthly things, I, too, will boast. ¹⁹ For all your cleverness, you tolerate fools willingly enough! ²⁰ You tolerate a man even when he enslaves you, when he plunders you, when he gets you into his power, when he puts on airs of superiority, when he strikes you in the face! ²¹ I admit, to my shame, that we have been weak. But whatever the subject on which others are not afraid to boast--though it is foolish to say so--I am not afraid either! ²² Are they Hebrews? So am I! Are they Israelites? So am I! Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I!

¹⁶ May all who rule their conduct by this principle find peace and mercy--they who are the Israel of God.

¹¹ Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called 'The Uncircumcised' by those who were called 'The Circumcised'--circumcised only by the hand of man! ¹² Remember that you were at that time far from Christ; you were shut out from the citizenship of Israel; you were strangers to the Covenants founded on God's Promise; you were in the world without hope and without God.

³ For it is we who are the circumcised--we whose worship is prompted by the Spirit of God, who exult in Christ Jesus, and who do not rely upon external privileges; ⁴ Though I, if any man, have cause to rely even upon them. If any one thinks he can rely upon external privileges, far more can I! ⁵ I was circumcised when eight days old; I am an Israelite by race, and of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, and the child of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee;