So who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord not fittingly
is guilty (for so treating) the body and blood of the Lord.
But let a person examine themself
and in this way let them eat from the bread and drink from the cup.
For (that) one is eating and drinking judgement on themself,
if they eat and drink without ‘recognising what is different about’ the body
Because of this , among you, many are weak and sick and quite a few are asleep.
Then, if we ‘recognised what is different about’ ourselves,
we would not be judged.
But if we are judged by the Lord
we are being ‘taught by discipline’
so that we might not be condemned with the world.
So, my sisters/brothers,
when you come together to eat
wait for one another.
If someone is hungry,
may it be that they eat at home,
so that you do not come together for judgement.
I will give instructions about other things
whenever I come.
O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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