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But in givingthisinstruction, 1I do not praise you, because you cometogether not for the better but for the worse.
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For, in the first place, when you cometogether as a church, I hear that 2divisionsexistamong you; and in part I believe it.
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For there 3mustalso be factionsamong you, 4so that those who are approved may becomeevidentamong you.
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Therefore when you meettogether**, it is not to eat the Lord'sSupper,
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for in your eatingeachonetakes his ownsupperfirst; and one is hungry and 5another* is drunk.
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What! Do you not havehouses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the 6church of God and 7shamethose who havenothing? What shall I say to you? Shall 8I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
The Lord's Supper
23 For 9I received from the Lord that which I alsodelivered to you, that 10the LordJesus in the night in which He was betrayedtookbread;
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and when He had giventhanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; dothis in remembrance of Me."
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In the sameway He took 11the cupalsoaftersupper, saying, "Thiscup is the 12newcovenant in My blood; dothis, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
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For as often as you eatthisbread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord'sdeath13until He comes.
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Thereforewhoever*eats the breadordrinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthymanner, shall be 14guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
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But a man must 15examinehimself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
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For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinksjudgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
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For thisreasonmanyamong you are weak and sick, and a number16sleep.
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But if we judgedourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
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But when we are judged, we are 17disciplined by the Lordso that we will not be condemnedalong with 18the world.
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Sothen, my brethren, when you cometogether to eat, wait for oneanother.
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Ifanyone is 19hungry, let him eat20at home, so that you will not cometogether for judgment. The remaining matters I will 21arrange22when I come.