¹⁷In the following directives I have no praise for you,^d for your meetings do more harm than good. ¹⁸In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions^e among you, and to some extent I believe it. ¹⁹No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.^f ²⁰So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, ²¹for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers.^g As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. ²²Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God^h by humiliating those who have nothing?ⁱ What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you?^j Certainly not in this matter!

²³For I received from the Lord^k what I also passed on to you:^l The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, ²⁴and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body,^m which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenantⁿ in my blood;^o do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.^p

²⁷So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.^q ²⁸Everyone ought to examine themselves^r before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. ²⁹For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. ³⁰That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.^s ³¹But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.^t ³²Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined^u so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.^v

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Cross references

dver 2, 22
e 1 Co 1:10–12; 3:3
f 1 Jn 2:19
g 2 Pe 2:13; Jude 12
hSee 1 Co 10:32
i Jas 2:6
jver 2, 17
k Gal 1:12
lSee ver 2
m 1 Co 10:16
nSee Lk 22:20
o 1 Co 10:16
pSee 1 Co 1:7
q Heb 10:29
r 2 Co 13:5
sSee Mt 9:24
t Ps 32:5; 1 Jn 1:9
u Ps 94:12; 118:18; Pr 3:11, 12; Heb 12:7–10; Rev 3:19
v Jn 15:18, 19