kjv@1Corinthians:11:16@ But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:17@ Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:18@ For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:19@ For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:20@ When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:21@ For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:22@ What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:23@ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
kjv@1Corinthians:11:24@ And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:25@ After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:26@ For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:27@ Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:28@ But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:29@ For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:30@ For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:32@ But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:33@ Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
kjv@1Corinthians:11:34@ And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
There is concern over the way this congregation views and implements it's Holy Communion. This is not to be a drunken party nor a food line, it is a solemn partaking symbolically of the flesh and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Anything other, anything reason less becomes a curse or judgement.
Interesting tid bits that should not be overlooked. There are divisions today just as there were back then. We are to look at divisions as a means to observe who is approved, they will stand out all the more. Also, the churches are judged within so that they will not be judged without; if so what happens when they are unwilling to accept judgment? Also, there seems to be a connection between the misuse of the Holy Communion and sickness even fatal sickness.
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