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- In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
- In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.
- No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval.
- When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat,
- for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk.
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- Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not!
- For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
- 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."
- In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me."
- For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
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- Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
- A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
- For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.
- That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
- But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
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- When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.
- If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.
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