Hymns Based on 1 Corinthians 10:16

Christian hymns and worship songs connected to 1 Corinthians 10:16

"The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread."

— 1 Corinthians 10:16

Theological Significance

This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Communion, Eucharist, Grace, Worship, Thanksgiving. Many worship songs connected to 1 Corinthians 10:16 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.

Sermon Themes from This Passage

  • Communion
  • Eucharist
  • Grace
  • Worship
  • Thanksgiving

Suggested Hymns for Worship

Example Worship Flow

  1. 1
    Call to Worship Psalm 100
  2. 2
  3. 3
    Scripture Reading 1 Corinthians 10:16
  4. 4
    Sermon Communion
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
    Closing Hymn Come, Let Us Eat

Hymns Inspired by This Passage

A Parting Hymn We Sing

A Parting Hymn We Sing is a compact Communion hymn that turns the Lord's Supper into a point of departure rather than an isolated devotional moment.

Be Present at Our Table, Lord

Be Present at Our Table, Lord is John Cennick's four-line grace before a meal, conventionally dated 1741 from its earliest verified printing.

Become to Us the Living Bread

Become to Us the Living Bread is Miriam Drury’s modern Communion hymn, a concise congregational prayer centered on Christ as the source of spiritual nourishment and on the unity of believers around the Lord’s Table.

Blest Feast of Love Divine

Blest Feast of Love Divine is a shortened and altered form of Sir Edward Denny's Communion hymn originally beginning Sweet feast of love divine.

Christian People, Raise Your Song

Christian People, Raise Your Song is a 1975 hymn by Colin Peter Thompson that brings together Holy Communion, resurrection joy, and the shared life of the church.

Come, Let Us Eat

Come, Let Us Eat is a Liberian Communion song whose English form joins a Loma text and melody by Billema Kwillia with a 1969 English versification by Margaret D.

Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether

This twentieth-century communion hymn centers on the church as a community gathered by the Holy Spirit and conscious of Christ's presence.

Father, We Thank You

Father, We Thank You is a Eucharistic hymn of thanksgiving and church unity based on prayers in chapters 9 and 10 of the Didache, an early Christian manual.

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee is Horatius Bonar's deeply personal Communion hymn, inviting worshipers to approach the Lord's Table in faith and to receive the meal as fellowship with Christ.

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face is Horatius Bonar’s great hymn of Communion, written to help worshipers approach the Lord’s Table with faith, humility, assurance, and hope.

I Come with Joy

I Come with Joy is Brian Wren's communion hymn about the Lord's Supper as encounter with Christ and incorporation into a reconciled community.

Let Us Break Bread Together

Let Us Break Bread Together is an anonymous African American spiritual whose strongest documentary roots are on St.

O Food to Pilgrims Given

O Food to Pilgrims Given is an English translation and later alteration of the anonymous Latin Eucharistic hymn O esca viatorum.

O Thou Who This Mysterious Bread

O Thou Who This Mysterious Bread is Charles Wesley's Communion hymn on the risen Christ at Emmaus and on the Lord's Supper as a means of grace.

One Bread, One Body

"One Bread, One Body" is a Communion song in which Eucharistic participation and the church's unity interpret one another.

Sheaves of Summer

“Sheaves of Summer” is the English title commonly used for George Lockwood's translation of Cesáreo Gabaráin's Spanish Eucharistic hymn “Una Espiga.

Take Our Bread

Take Our Bread is a Eucharistic and offertory song from the first generation of post-Vatican II Catholic folk liturgy.

You Satisfy the Hungry Heart

You Satisfy the Hungry Heart, originally titled Gift of Finest Wheat, is a Communion hymn in which receiving from Christ and becoming Christlike belong together.