1 Corinthians

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NASB	1 Corinthians 10:16 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
AMPLIFIED 2015	1 Corinthians 10:16 Is the cup of blessing which we bless [at the Lord's Supper] not a sharing in the blood of Christ? [Indeed it is.] Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ? [Indeed it is.]

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Bible Question (short): real presence or symbolic presence?

Question (full): I guess this doesn't really address the scripture I am referring to. In 1Corintians 10:16 the word for bless means to consecrate with solemn prayer. Why on earth would we need to consecrate a symbol that we do not expect to have any real effect for us? The word for sharing is the word koinania. If we say that this word is only some kind of symbolic sharing and not a real presence then our understading of the presence of the Holy Spirit must also be symbolic. That would make the Church itself only symbolic. Is this what we are to believe? It seems to me that to understand the bread and wine as only symbolic elements is to mock the very presence of God. Isn't that why Paul said that some are sick or even dead? Can a symbol kill us?