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For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread,

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me."

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes.

For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will direct when I come.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is profitable.

For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;

For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.

For also by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

For also the body is not one member, but many.

If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and encouragement.