²⁹ For all who eat and drink^[a] without discerning the body^[b] eat and drink judgment against themselves.

Partaking of the Supper Unworthily

²⁷ Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord.^(A)

³⁰ For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.^[a]

Taming the Tongue

3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will face stricter judgment.^(A)

¹⁴ But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.^(A)

³² But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined^[a] so that we may not be condemned along with the world.^(A)

³³ So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴ If you are hungry, eat at home,^[b] so that when you come together, it will not be for your condemnation. About the other things I will give instructions when I come.^(B)

²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for^[a] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

² Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

⁵ Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.

¹² Above all, brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.^[a]