1 Cor 10:17
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Paul here is speaking to those who are the called, the church of God, the sanctified in Christ Jesus , the chosen i.e 1 Cor 1:1-2
1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours's:
Paul tells a Gospel Truth, A mystery in Fact, How that believers had been one body, though many members, yet one body..
Jesus Christ died for His body, those whom He was One with, He as their Head, they His body..
For from the beginning, the beginning of all things, Jesus Christ existed as the Head of His body per Col 1:17-18
17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Note, Who is the beginning as the Head of the body, the church. That means that we [ the elect, the church] was with Him in the beginning. Our Life or the lives of His Members, His body, was with Him in the beginning.
Now get this, Jesus Christ body was broken for those who were His body.
1 Cor 11: 23, 24
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Talking about understanding the Union between Jesus Christ and His body..
If this doesn't prove particular redemption, then nothing does Jesus Christ death, the breaking of His body, was for His body..
Paul says in Eph 5 that the Lord is the Saviour of the body: vs 23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Saviour of the body.
He is the Saviour of the body, His body, the church, why ? Because She His Body, the Church, Sinned in adam her natural head.
And Paul is saying here, that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of His Body, the church of which He is Head of. and Jesus Christ was not the head of the seed of the serpent eve Gen 3 15.
His body becoming sinful by her sin in Adam, He took it as His responsibility, for He was legally able to [being her Head], to suffer Her punishment, that she deserved, for breaking Gods Law.
Thats why Paul says that He is the Saviour of the body. When the body, the church sinned in Adam, she, though sinful and reprehensible, was not responsible for the legal guilt [condemnation] that she incurred, but the legal guilt [condemnation] was transferred [or imputed] to her Head, The Lord Jesus Christ. God viewed, not her, but Her head as the guilty party, though He did no sin [ personally].Because she sinned, His body, He, The Lord Christ her head, must die..
Lk 9:22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Why must he be slain, because His body, his wife, his members, sinned against His and their Father.
You see , even Gods Love for His own Son, and His body, could not set aside, or wink at the Justice due to His broken Law by them.though they [his members] did not have to die, He must Job says:
Job 33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Zech 9 11
11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners [your members] out of the pit wherein is no water.
This would be the blood of the everlasting covenant whereby Jesus was made a surety for His body, His wife, His church..
Again, Jesus Christ body was broken for those who were His body.. 1 Cor 12:27
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Eph 1:22-23
22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
He gave himself for his church, the body Eph 5:30
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church [ his body], and gave himself for it [His body or church];
Folk this is the Mystery Paul was given to Preach. Eph 5:31-32
31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Jesus left His Father and was Joined to His wife, by becoming Flesh per Heb 2:14
14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Jesus became one flesh with His wife, Joined Her here on earth.
His incarnation into flesh and blood was his joining her and becoming one flesh with her save the sin. He was in the likeness of sinful flesh. and did not become a sinner as they had became in the flesh .but nevertheless, though she had become sinful, He was not ashamed of Her still.
Heb 2:11
11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
The Fall of the body of Christ in Adam, did not deter his great love for her .because nevertheless, they were one, all of one Father.
as the Mystery is unveiled we have Gen 2 :24
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. cp Heb 2:14
14Forasmuch then as the children [body] are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Eph 5:30-32
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
This is a great mystery, vs 30..that sinful men and women by nature, were members of his body, of his flesh, and his bones. That they were one flesh.
This is the Mystery of the Gospel which was revealed to him per Gal 1:11-12
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Paul said the Gospel which was preached of him, is not after man, but by Revelation of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ revealed the Mystery of the gospel, and for whom it was that He died for..it was for His wife, his members, His body..
That was the Mystery revealed to Him, and he boldly preached it Eph 6:19
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Paul preached this mystery to the Corinthians, for He restates he received it 1 Cor 15:3-4
3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
he spoke of it as a mystery to them 1 Cor 2:7
7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
we know he viewed them as Jesus Christ wife or bride 2 Cor 11:2
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
one husband, because He knew by Revelation, that Jesus Christ only laid down His Life for his body, whom He was one flesh with, His wife..thats a great mystery.
And if one is preaching any other gospel, universalism, unlimited atonement, freewill-ism , its not according to truth
if one is not preaching that Christ died for His church, His wife, His body, but adds to it, its because they are unenlightened
And, The devil and His children, have no part in this matter and salvation.