17 Now in giving you the instructions that follow I can’t commend you, because when you meet together you cause more harm than good! 20 When you meet together you’re not really celebrating the Lord’s Supper at all. 21 Some want to eat first before everyone else, leaving others hungry. Still others get drunk. 22 Don’t you have your own houses to eat and drink in? Do you look down on God’s church, and humiliate those who are poor? What should I tell you? That you’re doing really well? I have nothing good to say about you for doing this!
27 So anyone who eats the bread or drinks from the Lord’s cup in a dishonorable way will be guilty of doing wrong against the body and blood of the Lord. 29 Those who eat and drink bring judgment on themselves if they don’t recognize their relationship with the body of the Lord. 30 That’s the reason why many of you are weak and sick, and some even have died. 33 So my brothers and sisters, when you meet together to eat the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other.