1 Corinthians 11:16-23

English Standard Version

^16 (A)If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do ^(B)the churches of God.

The Lord's Supper

¹⁷ But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸ For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, ^(C)I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,^{[a] 19} for ^(D)there must be factions among you in order ^(E)that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. ²⁰ When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. ²¹ For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, ^(F)another gets drunk. ²² What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^(G)the church of God and ^(H)humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

²³ For ^(I)I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that ^(J)the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,