account (cf. chapter five). Paul applies this tradition as a norm or standard for the practice of the Lord’s supper in Corinth. The supper must be shaped by cross. This does not mean that the table becomes an altar. To be shaped by the cross means to permit the values of the gospel, which the cross embodies, to shape the table environment. The table must embody the gospel. The table must reflect gospel values and testify to them. In this sense the table proclaims the “Lord’s death.” It proclaims the good