First Reading1 Corinthians 11:17-26, 33
From the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians
17But in giving you this command I don’t praise you,because you come together not for the better but for the worse.18For first of all, when you come together in the assembly,I hear that divisions exist among you,and I partly believe it.19For there also must be factions among you,that those who are approved may be revealed among you.20When therefore you assemble yourselves together,it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.21For in your eating each one takes his own supper first.One is hungry, and another is drunken.22What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in?Or do you despise God’s assemblyand put them to shame who don’t have enough?What shall I tell you?Shall I praise you?In this I don’t praise you.
23For I received from the Lord thatwhich also I delivered to you,that the Lord Jesus on the night inwhich he was betrayed took bread.24When he had given thanks,he broke it and said, “Take, eat.This is my body, which is broken for you.Do this in memory of me.”25In the same way he also took the cup after supper,saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood.Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. verses 27–32 are not read33Therefore, my brothers,when you come together to eat,wait for one another.