1 Corinthians 11:17-34

17But in giving this instruction, 1I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18For, in the first place, when you come together 2as a church, I hear that 34divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19For there 5must also be factions among you, 6so that those who are approved may become 7evident among you. 20Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and 8another is drunk. 22What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the 9church of God and 10shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall 11I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

23For 12I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that 13the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25In the same way He took 14the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the 15new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death 16until He comes.

27Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be 17guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28But a man must 18examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number 1920sleep. 31But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32But when we are judged, we are 21disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with 22the world.

33So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34If anyone is 23hungry, let him eat 24at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will 25arrange 26when I come.