The Lord's Supper

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

…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.”

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”