1 Corinthians 11:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 11:27 : 27 If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 11:30 : 30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
  • 1 Cor 11:32-34 : 32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged. 33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another. 34 If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
  • Jas 3:1 : 1 Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
  • Eccl 8:5 : 5 Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
  • Rom 13:2 : 2 For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.
  • 1 Cor 11:24 : 24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

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  • 90%

    20 But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

    21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

    22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

    23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,

    24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.

    25 In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.

    26 For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

    27 If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

    28 But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

  • 82%

    30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

    31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

    32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

    33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

    34 If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

  • 75%

    15 What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

    16 The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?

    17 Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

    18 See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?

  • 73%

    16 For I say to you, I will not take it till it is made complete in the kingdom of God.

    17 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;

    18 For I say to you, I will not take of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God has come.

    19 And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

    20 And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

  • 72%

    22 And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

    23 And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.

  • 3 Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

  • 23 But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

  • 8 And as for anyone who takes it for food, his sin will be on him, for he has put shame on the holy thing of the Lord: he will be cut off from his people.

  • 71%

    26 And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.

    27 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying,

  • 17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

  • John 6:53-56
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    71%

    53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

    54 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

    55 My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

    56 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.

  • 8 But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

  • 21 It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.

  • 11 But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.

  • 6 He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.

  • 6 And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

    21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.

  • 17 But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

  • 17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

  • John 6:50-51
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    69%

    50 The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

    51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

  • 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?

  • 13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • 15 Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

  • 15 And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.