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One Year Bible New Testament Sampler, Floral Paradise - Flipbook - Page 26

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1 CO RINTHIANS 11:17-34
But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is
done when you meet together. 18First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet
as a church, and to some extent I believe it. 19But, of course, there must be divisions among you
so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!
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When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord’s Supper. 21For some of
you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while
others get drunk. 22What? Don’t you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you
really want to disgrace God’s church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you
want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!
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For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread 24and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces
and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25In the same
way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God
and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as
often as you drink it.” 26For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing
the Lord’s death until he comes again.
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So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning
against the body and blood of the Lord. 28That is why you should examine yourself before eating
the bread and drinking the cup. 29For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the
body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 30That is why many
of you are weak and sick and some have even died.
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But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. 32Yet when
we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along
with the world.
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So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other.
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If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won’t bring judgment upon yourselves when you
meet together. I’ll give you instructions about the other matters after I arrive.
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