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16 For a righteous man may fall seven Me.” In the same manner He also took the
times cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new
And rise again, covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you
But the wicked shall fall by calamity. drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
26 For as often as you eat this bread and
1 Corinthians 11:17–34
drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death
17 Now in giving these instructions I do not till He comes.
praise you, since you come together not for the 27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or
better but for the worse. For first of all, when drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy
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you come together as a church, I hear that manner will be guilty of the body and blood of
there are divisions among you, and in part I the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and
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believe it. For there must also be factions so let him eat of the bread and drink of the
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among you, that those who are approved may cup. For he who eats and drinks in an unwor-
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be recognized among you. Therefore when thy manner eats and drinks judgment to him-
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you come together in one place, it is not to eat self, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this
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the Lord’s Supper. For in eating, each one reason many are weak and sick among you,
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takes his own supper ahead of others; and one and many sleep. For if we would judge our-
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is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you selves, we would not be judged. But when we
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not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that
despise the church of God and shame those we may not be condemned with the world.
who have nothing? What shall I say to you? 33 Therefore, my brethren, when you come
Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
together to eat, wait for one another. But if
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anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you
come together for judgment. And the rest I
will set in order when I come.
11:17–34The early church love feasts (Jude 12)
usually closed with observance of the Lord’s
Supper. The worldly, carnal church at Corinth
had turned those sacred meals into gluttonous,
drunken revelries. Beyond that, wealthy believ-
ers brought ample food and drink for them- 11:27,29 in an unworthy manner. I.e., ritual-
selves but refused to share, letting their poorer istically, indifferently, with an unrepentant
brethren go away hungry (v.21). heart, a spirit of bitterness, or any other
ungodly attitude.
23 For I received from the Lord that which I 11:30 sleep. I.e., are dead.The offense was so
also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on serious that God put the worst offenders to
death, an extreme but effective form of
the same night in which He was betrayed took church purification (Luke 13:1–5; Acts 5:1–11;
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bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke 1 John 5:16).
it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is
broken for you; do this in remembrance of
DAY 1:What is the central theme of the Song of Solomon?
Solomon, who reigned over the united kingdom 40 years (971–931 B.C.), appears 7 times by
name in this book (1:1,5; 3:7,9,11; 8:11,12). In view of his writing skills, musical giftedness (1 Kin.
4:32),and the authorial,not dedicatory,sense of 1:1,this piece of Scripture could have been penned
at any time during Solomon’s reign. Knowing that this portion of Scripture comprises one song by
one author,it is best taken as a unified piece of poetic,Wisdom literature rather than a series of love
poems without a common theme or author.
Two people dominate this true-life, dramatic love song. Solomon, whose kingship is men-
tioned 5 times (1:4,12; 3:9,11; 7:5), appears as “the beloved.”The Shulamite maiden (6:13) remains
obscure; most likely she was a resident of Shunem, 3 miles north of Jezreel in lower Galilee. Some
suggest she is Pharaoh’s daughter (1 Kin.3:1),although the Song provides no evidence for this con-
clusion. Others favor Abishag, the Shunammite who cared for King David (1 Kin. 1:1–4,15). An
unknown maiden from Shunem, whose family had possibly been employed by Solomon (8:11),
seems most reasonable. She would have been Solomon’s first wife (Eccl. 9:9), before he sinned by
adding 699 other wives and 300 concubines (1 Kin. 11:3).

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