1 Corinthians 11:17–34

¹⁷Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse. ¹⁸For first of all, when ye come together in the church, ^cI hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. ¹⁹For ^dthere must be also ^eheresies among you, ^fthat they which are ^gapproved may be made manifest among you. ²⁰When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat ^hthe Lord’s supper. ²¹For in eating every one ^rtaketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and ⁱanother is drunken. ²²What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye ^kthe church of God, and ^lshame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. ²³For ^mI have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, ⁿThat the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: ²⁴and when he had given thanks, he ^obrake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is ^obroken for you: this do in ^premembrance ^qof me. ²⁵After the same manner also he took the cup, ^rwhen he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. ²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death ^still he come. ²⁷Wherefore ^twhosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord ^uunworthily, shall be ^wguilty of ^xthe body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸But ^ylet a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. ²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not ^zdiscerning the Lord’s body. ³⁰For this cause many are weak and ^asickly among you, and many ^bsleep. ³¹For ^cif we would ^djudge ourselves, we should not be judged. ³²But when we are judged, ^ewe are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. ³³Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. ³⁴And ^fif any man hunger, let him ^geat at home; that ^hye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest ⁱwill I set in order ^kwhen I come.

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