1 Corinthians 11:27
So that whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye show the Lord's death till he come.
28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
Cross References
John 6:51I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 13:18I speak not of you all; I know whom I chose; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats the loaf with me lifted up his heel against me.
Hebrews 10:29Of how much worse punishment, suppose ye, will he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has accounted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite to the Spirit of grace?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:24-34
Design of the Lord's Supper. ( a. d. 57.) 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: 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. 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. 26 For as often as… Read the whole commentary →