¹⁷ Now in giving this next instruction ^(A)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse. ¹⁸ For, in the first place, when you come together ^[a]as a church, I hear that ^[b](B)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. ¹⁹ For there also ^(C)have to be factions among you, ^(D)so that those who are approved may become ^[c]evident among you. ²⁰ Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, ²¹ for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while ^(E)another gets drunk. ²² What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the ^(F)church of God and ^(G)shame those who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall ^(H)I praise you? In this I do not praise you.

The Lord’s Supper

²³ For ^(I)I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that ^(J)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 you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵ In the same way He also took ^(K)the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the ^(L)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 ^(M)until He comes.

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be ^(N)guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸ But a person must ^(O)examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹ For the one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not properly recognize the ^[d]body. ³⁰ For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number ^[e](P)are asleep. ³¹ But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. ³² But when we are judged, we are ^(Q)disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with ^(R)the world.

³³ So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴ If anyone is ^(S)hungry, have him eat ^(T)at home, so that you do not come together for judgment. As to the remaining matters, I will ^(U)give instructions ^(V)when I come.