1 Corinthians 11:17–32

Conduct at the Lord’s Supper

¹⁷Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸For first of all, when you come together as a church, ⁿI hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. ¹⁹For ^othere must also be factions among you, ^pthat those who are approved may be ²recognized among you. ²⁰Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. ²¹For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and ^qanother is drunk. ²²What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^rthe church of God and ^sshame ³those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

²³For ^tI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: ^uthat the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; ²⁴and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ⁴“Take, eat; this is My body which is ⁵broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death ^vtill He comes.

Examine Yourself

²⁷Therefore whoever eats ^wthis bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and ⁶blood of the Lord. ²⁸But ^xlet a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹For he who eats and drinks ⁷in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the ⁸Lord’s body. ³⁰For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many ⁹sleep. ³¹For ^yif we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. ³²But when we are judged, ^zwe are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.