Paul Returns to Antioch

¹⁸ After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of ^(A)the brothers^[a] and set sail for Syria, and with him ^(B)Priscilla and Aquila. At ^(C)Cenchreae ^(D)he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. ¹⁹ And they came to ^(E)Ephesus, and he left them there, but ^(F)he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰ When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. ²¹ But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you ^(G)if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

²² When he had landed at Caesarea, he ^(H)went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. ²³ After spending some time there, he departed and ^(I)went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, ^(J)strengthening all the disciples.

²³ For ^(A)I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that ^(B)the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for^[a] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”^{[b] 25} In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. 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 ^(C)until he comes.

^27 (D)Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord ^(E)in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning ^(F)the body and blood of the Lord. ^28 (G)Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹ For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. ³⁰ That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some ^(H)have died.^{[c] 31 (I)}But if we judged^[d] ourselves truly, we would not be judged. ³² But when we are judged by the Lord, ^(J)we are disciplined^[e] so that we may not be ^(K)condemned along with the world.

³³ So then, my brothers,^[f] when you come together to eat, wait for^[g] one another— ^34 (L)if anyone is hungry, ^(M)let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things ^(N)I will give directions ^(O)when I come.