1 Corinthians 11:23-34

Worldwide English (New Testament)

²³ The Lord gave me what I taught you. This is what it was. On the night when the Lord Jesus was sold to his enemies, he took bread.

²⁴ He thanked God for it. Then he broke it and said, `Take this bread and eat it. This is my body which is broken for you. Do this so that you will remember me.'

²⁵ In the same way, after they had eaten, he took the cup. He said, `This cup is the new agreement made by my blood. Every time you drink from this cup, do it to remember me.'

²⁶ Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you tell about the Lord's death, until he comes again.

²⁷ So then, when anyone eats the bread and drinks from the cup in a way that is not right, he has done wrong to the body and blood of the Lord.

²⁸ Each one must look into his own heart carefully. When he has done that, he may eat the bread and drink from the cup.

²⁹ The person who eats and drinks in a wrong way will be punished. He does not take it as the Lord's body.

³⁰ That is why many of you are weak and sick. Many have died.

³¹ But if we took time to look into our hearts first, then we would not be punished.

³² When we are punished, the Lord is teaching us to do right, so that we will not be punished with the rest of the people of the world.

³³ So, my Christian brothers, when you come together to eat the Lord's supper, wait on your turn.

³⁴ If a man is hungry, he should eat at home. Then when you meet, you will not be found in the wrong. There are other matters. I will talk about them when I come to see you.