1 Corinthians 11:17–32

THE LORD’S SUPPER

¹⁷Now in giving this instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. ¹⁹Indeed, it is necessary that there be factions^r among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you. ²⁰When you come together, then, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.^{s 21}For at the meal, each one eats his own supper.^C So one person is hungry while another gets drunk! ²²Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter!

²³For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:^t On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, ²⁴and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said,^D “This is my body, which is^E for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”^u

²⁵In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant^v in my blood.^w Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death^x until he comes.^y

SELF-EXAMINATION

²⁷So, then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body^F and blood of the Lord. ²⁸Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup. ²⁹For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body,^G eats and drinks judgment^z on himself. ³⁰This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.^{aa 31}If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged, ³²but when we are judged^ab by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned^ac with the world.