1 Corinthians 11:17-26

The Lord's Supper

¹⁷ But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸ For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, _r I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, ₁ ¹⁹ for _s there must be factions among you in order _t that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. ²⁰ When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. ²¹ For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, _u another gets drunk. ²² What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise _v the church of God and _w humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

²³ For _x I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that _y the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for ₂ you. Do this in remembrance of me." ₃ ²⁵ In the same way also 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 the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death _z until he comes.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 1:10 - 12
   I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
   1 Corinthians 3:3
   For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 18:7
   Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
   Luke 17:1
   And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
   Acts 20:30
   And from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
   1 Timothy 4:1
   Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
   2 Peter 2:1
   But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
   
3. Cross References
   1 John 2:19
   They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
   Deuteronomy 13:3
   You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:13
   Suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
   Jude 1:12
   These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 20:28
   Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
   
6. Cross References
   Proverbs 17:5
   Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
   James 2:6
   But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
   
7. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 15:3
   For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures.
   Galatians 1:12
   For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 11:23 - 25
   For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread.
   Matthew 26:26 - 28
   Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body.
   Mark 14:22 - 24
   And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body.
   Luke 22:19 - 20
   And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
   
9. Cross References
   John 21:22
   Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!