1 Corinthians 11:17-34

RKJNT(i) 17 Now in the following instructions I do not praise you, for you come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For, first of all, when you come together as the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be made evident among you. 20 When you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper. 21 For in eating every one goes ahead with his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 22 What? do you not have houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I will not. 23 For I have received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: do this in remembrance of me. 25 In the same manner 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 this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27 Therefore, whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a man examine himself before he eats of the bread, and drinks of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks unworthily, not discerning the Lord's body, eats and drinks judgement upon himself. 30 For this reason many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33 Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home; so you do not come together to be condemned. And the rest I will set in order when I come.