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The Lord’s Supper 1 Corinthians 11:17-34   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 17  Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.  18  For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.  19  There must, indeed, be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.  20  Therefore, when you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s Supper.   21  For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!  22  Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this! 23  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:  On the n...

1 Corinthians 11:1-16   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 11  1  Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ. Instructions about Head Coverings 2  Now I praise you [ a ]  because you always remember me and keep the traditions  just as I delivered  them to you.  3  But I want you to know that Christ is the head  of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, [ b ]  and God is the head of Christ.   4  Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors  his head.  5  But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.   6  So if a woman’s head [ c ]  is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered. 7  A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image an...

1 Corinthians 10:23-33   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Christian Liberty 23  “Everything is permissible,” [ a ] [ b ]  but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible,” [ c ]  but not everything builds up.  24  No one should seek his own good, but the good of the other person. 25  Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake,  26  for  the earth is the Lord’s,   and all that is in it. [ d ]   27  If one of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions of conscience.  28  But if someone says to you, “This is food offered to an idol,” do not eat it,  out of consideration for the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake. [ e ]   29  I do not mean your own conscience, but the other person’s. For why is my freedom judged  by another person’s conscience?...

1 Corinthians 10:14-22   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Warning against Idolatry 14  Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.  15  I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say.  16  The cup  of blessing  that we give thanks for, 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?  17  Because there is one bread, we who are many are one  body, for all of us share that one bread.  18  Look at the people of Israel. [ a ]  Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in what is offered on the altar?   19  What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?  20  No, but I do say that what they [ b ]  sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons!  21  You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the ...

1 Corinthians 10:1-13   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Warnings from Israel’s Past 10  Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers  were all under the cloud,  all passed through the sea,   2  and all were baptized  into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.  3  They all ate the same spiritual food,   4  and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.   5  But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. 6  Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did. [ a ]   7  Don’t become idolaters  as some of them were; as it is written,  The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play. [ b ] [ c ]   8  Let us not commit sexual immorality  as some of them did, [ d ] and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead...

1 Corinthians 9   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Paul’s Example as an Apostle 9  Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?  2  If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the seal  of my apostleship in the Lord.  3  My defense to those who examine me is this:  4  Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?   5  Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife [ a ]  like the other apostles,  the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas? 6  Or do Barnabas  and I alone have no right to refrain from working?  7  Who ever goes to war at his own expense?  Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?  8  Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?  9  For it is written in the la...

1 Corinthians 8   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Food Offered to Idols 8  About food offered to idols:  We know that “we all have knowledge.” [ a ] Knowledge inflates with pride,  but love  builds up.  2  If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.   3  But if anyone loves God,  he is known  by Him. 4  About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”   5  For even if there are so-called gods,  whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”— 6  yet for us there is one God, the Father. All things are from Him, and we exist for Him. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ. All things are through Him, and we exist through Him. 7  However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat foo...