The Lord’s Supper

¹⁷ Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸ For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. ¹⁹ For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.^{[a] 20} Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper. ²¹ For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk. ²² Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!