Study Desk

Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

There must, indeed, be factions^(q) among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

Therefore, when you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord's Supper.^(r)

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

Don't you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:^(s) On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,

gave thanks, broke it, and said,^[f] "This is My body, which is^[g] for you. Do this in remembrance of Me." ^(t)

In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, "This cup is the new covenant^(u) established by My blood.^(v) Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death^(w) until He comes.^(x)

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way will be guilty of sin against the body^[h] and blood of the Lord.

So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup.

For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body,^[i] eats and drinks judgment^(y) on himself.

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.^(z)

If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged,

but when we are judged,^(aa) we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned^(ab) with the world.

Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. And I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.^(ac)