1Corinthians:11:17-34
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Now I am not praising you in giving you the following instructions .
When you gather ,
it is not for the better but for the worse .
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For in the first place ,
I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you ,
and I partly believe it .
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Of course ,
there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine !
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When you gather in the same place ,
it is not to eat the Lord '
s Supper .
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For as you eat ,
each of you rushes to eat his own supper ,
and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk .
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You have homes in which to eat and drink ,
don '
t you ?
Or do you despise God '
s church and humiliate those who have nothing ?
What should I say to you ?
Should I praise you ?
I will not praise you for this !
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For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you —
how the Lord Jesus ,
on the night he was betrayed ,
took a loaf of bread ,
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gave thanks for it ,
and broke it in pieces ,
saying ,“
This is my body that isfor you .
Keep doing this in memory of me .”
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He did the same with the cup after the supper ,
saying ,“
This cup is the new covenant in my blood .
As often as you drink from it ,
keep doing this in memory of me .”
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For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup ,
you proclaim the Lord '
s death until he comes .
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Therefore ,
whoever eats the bread or drinks from the cup in an unworthy manner will be held responsible for the Lord '
s body and blood .
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A person must examine himself and then eat the bread and drink from the cup .
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For the one who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself .
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That '
s why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying .
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But if we judged ourselves correctly ,
we would not be judged .
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Now ,
while we are being judged by the Lord ,
we are being disciplined lest we be condemned along with the world .
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Therefore ,
my brothers ,
when you gather to eat ,
wait for each other .
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If anyone is hungry ,
he should eat at home ,
so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you .
And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters .
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