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# The cup of blessing
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Paul is speaking of God's blessing like the cup used in the Lord's Supper, which represents the blood and body of Christ.
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# that we bless
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"for which we thank God"
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# is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ?
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"we share in the blood of Christ.". Paul is reminding the Corinthians that the cup of wine we share symbolically represents us sharing in the blood of Christ.
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# The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
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"We share in the body of Christ when we share bread."
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# a sharing in
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"taking part in" or "equally participating with others in"
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