The Cup of Blessing that we Bless, is it not a sharing in the Blood of Christ?
The Bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the Body of Christ?
There is One Bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
–1 Corinthians 10:16-17 (NRSVCE) Image Courtesy: TLM
The Institution of the Lord’s Supper
For I have received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took a loaf of bread and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My Body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”
In the same way He took a cup also after supper saying, “This cup is the New Covenant in My Blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
Partaking of the Supper Unworthily
Whoever therefore eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examine yourselves and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves. –1 Corinthians 11:23-29
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