a11:20-22
b11:23
c7:10
d9:14
e1 Thes 4:15-17
fMark 14:43-46
g11:24
hJohn 6:32-35
i48-58
j11:25
kLuke 22:20
lJer 31:31-34
m32:40
nLuke 22:20
oHeb 7:22
p8:8-10
q9:15
r10:12-18
s12:24
t13:20
uExod 24:8
vZech 9:11
wHeb 9:12
x13:20
yRom 3:25
z5:9
aa11:26
ab1:7-8
ac1 Thes 1:9-10
ad3:12
ae4:13-18
af5:23
ag11:27
ah11:28-31
aiHeb 10:29
aj11:28
ak11:26
al11:29-30
am11:27
anActs 5:5
ap11:31
aq11:32
arDeut 8:5
asHeb 12:5-11
atEph 2:1-3
au11:34
av4:19
aw16:5-7

‏ 1 Corinthians 11:20-34

Summary for 1Cor 11:20-22: 11:20-22  a Some people were more concerned about eating their own supper than with the Lord’s Supper.
11:23  b I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself: This is one of the few explicit references in Paul’s letters to traditions handed down from Christ (see also 7:10  c; 9:14  d; cp. 1 Thes 4:15-17  e).

• On the night when he was betrayed: See Mark 14:43-46  f.
11:24  g Jews and early Christians traditionally gave thanks to God for their food before eating (see study note on Mark 14:22-25).

• This is my body: Cp. John 6:32-35  h, 48-58  i.
11:25  j After supper might suggest that the main meal separated the breaking of the bread from the drinking of the cup (see Luke 22:20  k).

• The new covenant is God’s promise to forgive sins because of the sacrificial death of Jesus (cp. Jer 31:31-34  l; 32:40  m; Luke 22:20  n; Heb 7:22  o; 8:8-10  p; 9:15  q; 10:12-18  r; 12:24  s; 13:20  t). The blood of a sacrifice confirmed an agreement or covenant (see Exod 24:8  u; Zech 9:11  v; Heb 9:12  w; 13:20  x; cp. Rom 3:25  y; 5:9  z).
11:26  aa In taking the Lord’s Supper, Christians proclaim the saving significance of the Lord’s death to those around them until he comes again (see 1:7-8  ab; cp. 1 Thes 1:9-10  ac; 3:12  ad; 4:13-18  ae; 5:23  af).
11:27  ag To take the Lord’s Supper without recognizing its significance or with unconfessed sin in one’s life is to take it unworthily (see 11:28-31  ah). It is equivalent to sinning against the body and blood of the Lord himself; it treats his sacrificial death as trivial (cp. Heb 10:29  ai).
11:28  aj Before taking the Lord’s Supper, Christians should confess their sins and consider what the bread and the cup signify (11:26  ak).
Summary for 1Cor 11:29-30: 11:29-30  al In light of 11:27  am, the body of Christ is probably to be understood here as a reference to the death of Christ, not to the church, though some interpret it that way.

• Those who eat the bread or drink the cup unworthily thereby invoke God’s judgment upon themselves. Such judgment may be expressed in infirmities, sickness, and even death (cp. Acts 5:5  an, 10  ao).
11:31  ap Self-judgment (which implies confession of sin and repentance) averts God’s judgment.
11:32  aq When God’s people are judged by the Lord and disciplined (cp. Deut 8:5  ar; Heb 12:5-11  as), it is for their ultimate good, so that they will not be condemned along with the world (see Eph 2:1-3  at).
11:34  au after I arrive: Paul was planning to visit soon (4:19  av; 16:5-7  aw).
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