²⁸ Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup. ²⁹ For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body,^[a] eats and drinks judgment^(A) on himself. ³⁰ This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.^{(B) 31} If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged, ³² but when we are judged^(C) by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned^(D) with the world.

³³ Therefore, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, welcome one another.^[b]

BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance

²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

¹⁷ Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.^(A)

³⁸ how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the devil, because God was with him.^(A)

¹⁶ Satan^(A) has bound^(B) this woman, a daughter of Abraham,^(C) for eighteen years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage^[a] on the Sabbath day?”