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17 Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.
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In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
18 For, to begin with, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it.
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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.
19 Indeed, there have to be factions among you, for only so will it become clear who among you are genuine.
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No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
20 When you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord's supper.
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So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat,
21 For when the time comes to eat, each of you goes ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes drunk.
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for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.
22 What! Do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this matter I do not commend you!
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Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!
23 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread,
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For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: 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 that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
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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.”
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