1 Corinthians 11:20-29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Therefore, when you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s Supper.(A) 21 For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk! 22 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!
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:(B) On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, 24 gave thanks, broke it, and said,[a] “This is My body, which is[b] for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”(C)
25 In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant(D) established by My blood.(E) Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death(F) until He comes.(G)
Self-Examination
27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way will be guilty of sin against the body[c] and blood of the Lord. 28 So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body,[d] eats and drinks judgment(H) on himself.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:24 Other mss add “Take, eat.
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 Other mss add broken
- 1 Corinthians 11:27 Lit be guilty of the body
- 1 Corinthians 11:29 Other mss read drinks unworthily, not discerning the Lord’s body
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