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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/11.htm">New International Version</a> For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord&#8217s death until he comes. <a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again. <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. <a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For as often as you may eat this bread and may drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He should come. <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/11.htm">King James Bible</a> For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. <a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/11.htm">New King James Version</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. <a href="/nasb_/1_corinthians/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord&#8217s death until He comes. <a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. <a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes. <a href="/amp/1_corinthians/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are [symbolically] proclaiming [the fact of] the Lord’s death until He comes [again]. <a href="/csb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. <a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord&#8217s death until He comes. <a href="/asv/1_corinthians/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come. <a href="/cev/1_corinthians/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Lord meant that when you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you tell about his death until he comes. <a href="/erv/1_corinthians/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come. <a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you tell about the Lord's death until he comes. <a href="/gnt/1_corinthians/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. <a href="/isv/1_corinthians/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. <a href="/msb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord?s death until He comes. <a href="/net/1_corinthians/11.htm">NET Bible</a> For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. <a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. <a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he shall come. <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns. <a href="/web/1_corinthians/11.htm">World English Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for as often as you may eat this bread, and may drink this cup, you show forth the death of the LORD—until He may come; <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For as often as you may eat this bread and may drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He should come. <a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth -- till he may come; <a href="/slt/1_corinthians/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye announce the Lord's death till he come.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come. <a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns. <a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/11.htm">New American Bible</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. <a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you commemorate our LORD’s death until he come. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_corinthians/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For every time that you eat this bread and you drink this cup, you commemorate the death of Our Lord, until his coming.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till he come.<CM> <a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For as often as you may eat this bread, and drink the cup, you do proclaim the death of the Lord, until he may come. <a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he come. <a href="/mace/1_corinthians/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> As often then as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye make a declaration of the Lord's death till he come. <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns. <a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> for, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death, till He come. <a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> As often then as ye eat of this bread, and drink of this cup, ye commemorate the Lord's death till he come. <a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-wZWoK_LZU?start=2417" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/11.htm">Sharing in the Lord's Supper</a> …25In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3740.htm" title="3740: hosakis (Conj) -- As often as, as many times as. Multiple adverb from hos; how many times as.">as often as</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2068.htm" title="2068: esthiēte (V-PSA-2P) -- Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.">you eat</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touton (DPro-AMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/740.htm" title="740: arton (N-AMS) -- Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.">bread</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: pinēte (V-PSA-2P) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">drink</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">this</a> <a href="/greek/4221.htm" title="4221: potērion (N-ANS) -- A drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots. ">cup,</a> <a href="/greek/2605.htm" title="2605: katangellete (V-PIA-2P) -- To declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate. From kata and the base of aggelos; to proclaim, promulgate.">you proclaim</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord’s</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2288.htm" title="2288: thanaton (N-AMS) -- Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.">death</a> <a href="/greek/891.htm" title="891: achri (Prep) -- As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.">until</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hou (RelPro-GMS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: elthē (V-ASA-3S) -- To come, go. ">He comes.</a> 27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/26-26.htm">Matthew 26:26-29</a> While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” / Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. / This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ... <a href="/mark/14-22.htm">Mark 14:22-25</a> While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.” / Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. / He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. ... <a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19-20</a> And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” / In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you. <a href="/john/6-53.htm">John 6:53-58</a> So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. / Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. / For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink. ... <a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42</a> They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Acts 20:7</a> On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-16.htm">1 Corinthians 10:16-17</a> Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? / Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. <a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Hebrews 9:28</a> so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him. <a href="/revelation/19-9.htm">Revelation 19:9</a> Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a> He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Isaiah 53:12</a> Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14</a> And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come. <a href="/exodus/12-26.htm">Exodus 12:26-27</a> When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ / you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Leviticus 23:4-8</a> These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ... <a href="/numbers/9-2.htm">Numbers 9:2-3</a> “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till he come.ye do shew.<a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a> Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-23.htm">1 Corinthians 15:23</a> But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.<a href="/john/14-3.htm">John 14:3</a> And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-23.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-9.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-24.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm">Often</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-18.htm">Proclaiming</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">Returns</a> <a href="/romans/11-32.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-22.htm">Show</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-1.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/10-16.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-22.htm">Often</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-14.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-18.htm">Proclaiming</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-15.htm">Returns</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-31.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-31.htm">Show</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-13.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-34.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-15.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">1 Corinthians 11</div>1. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-1.htm">He reproves them, because in holy assemblies,</a> 4. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-4.htm">their men prayed with their heads covered,</a> 6. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-6.htm">and women with their heads uncovered;</a> 17. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-17.htm">and because generally their meetings were not for the better, but for the worse;</a> 21. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">as, namely, in profaning with their own feast the Lord's supper.</a> 25. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm">Lastly, he calls them to the first institution thereof.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_corinthians/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup This phrase refers to the practice of the Lord's Supper, also known as Communion or the Eucharist. The bread and the cup symbolize the body and blood of Jesus Christ, respectively. This practice was instituted by Jesus during the Last Supper (<a href="/matthew/26-26.htm">Matthew 26:26-28</a>, <a href="/mark/14-22.htm">Mark 14:22-24</a>, <a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19-20</a>) and is a central rite in Christian worship. The frequency of this observance is not specified, allowing for flexibility in practice among different Christian traditions. The act of eating and drinking is a communal one, reflecting the unity of believers in Christ (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-16.htm">1 Corinthians 10:16-17</a>).you proclaim the Lord’s death The act of partaking in the Lord's Supper is a proclamation of Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross. This proclamation is not merely a remembrance but a declaration of faith in the atoning work of Christ. The death of Jesus is central to Christian theology, as it is through His death that believers receive forgiveness of sins and reconciliation with God (<a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8-10</a>, <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>). The proclamation is both a personal and communal affirmation of the gospel message.until He comes This phrase points to the eschatological hope of Christ's return. The Lord's Supper is not only a remembrance of the past but also an anticipation of the future. The early church lived with the expectation of Jesus' imminent return (<a href="/acts/1-11.htm">Acts 1:11</a>, <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a>). This future orientation provides hope and encouragement for believers, reminding them of the promise of eternal life and the ultimate fulfillment of God's kingdom (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>). The practice of Communion thus serves as a bridge between the first coming of Christ and His awaited second coming.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 1 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth with instructions on the Lord's Supper. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_in_corinth.htm">The Church in Corinth</a> A diverse and often divided early Christian community in the city of Corinth, known for its issues with unity and understanding of Christian practices. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord's_supper.htm">The Lord’s Supper</a> A Christian rite instituted by Jesus during the Last Supper, symbolizing His body and blood through bread and wine. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> Central figure of Christianity, whose death and resurrection are proclaimed through the Lord’s Supper. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_second_coming.htm">The Second Coming</a> The anticipated return of Jesus Christ, which believers are reminded of each time they partake in the Lord’s Supper.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/proclamation_of_faith.htm">Proclamation of Faith</a> The act of partaking in the Lord’s Supper is a public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death and resurrection. <a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_reflection.htm">Remembrance and Reflection</a> The Lord’s Supper serves as a time to remember Christ’s sacrifice and reflect on its significance in our lives, encouraging self-examination and repentance. <a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_christ's_return.htm">Anticipation of Christ’s Return</a> Each observance of the Lord’s Supper is a reminder of the hope and anticipation of Jesus’ promised return, encouraging believers to live in readiness. <a href="/topical/u/unity_in_the_body_of_christ.htm">Unity in the Body of Christ</a> The communal aspect of the Lord’s Supper emphasizes the unity and fellowship among believers, transcending divisions and fostering a spirit of love and reconciliation. <a href="/topical/c/continual_practice.htm">Continual Practice</a> Regular participation in the Lord’s Supper is a vital practice for spiritual growth and obedience to Christ’s command, reinforcing the believer’s relationship with Him and the church community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_corinthians_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Corinthians 11</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_identity_of_the_maronites.htm">What is the identity of the Maronites?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_tenebrae_service_for.htm">What is the purpose of the Tenebrae Service?</a> <a href="/q/is_communion_outside_church_allowed.htm">Is Communion outside the church permissible?</a> <a href="/q/what's_first_communion's_meaning.htm">What is the meaning of First Communion?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_corinthians/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) For as often as ye . . .--The previous verse concluded the account of the institution as conveyed by Christ to St. Paul, and the Apostle himself now again speaks. All this being the true account of the origin of this Supper, as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (as distinct from other bread and wine) you proclaim the Lord's death until He come. The Greek word for "ye show" is that used for making a public oral proclamation. The passage does not imply, as some have suggested, that the Lord's Supper "was a living sermon or an acted discourse," but, as is still the custom, that when the bread and wine were consecrated to this sacred use, there was an oral declaration made (perhaps in the very words the Apostle here used, <a href="/context/1_corinthians/11-22.htm" title="What? have you not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise you the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.">1Corinthians 11:22-25</a>) of the facts of the original institution. The imperative form given in the margin of the Authorised version is quite inadmissible.In the pathetic words "until He come" we may find an expression of the belief, perhaps largely due to the hope, that the Second Advent was not far distant.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 26. - Ye do show the Lord's death. The word literally means, ye announce, or proclaim, with reference to the repetition of the actual words used by our Lord. It will be seen that St. Paul does not lend the smallest, sanction to the unfathomable superstition" of a material transubstantiation. Till he come. Accordingly the antiquity and unbroken continuance of this holy rite is one of the many strong external evidences of the truth of the gospel history. The α}ν is omitted in the Greek, to indicate the certainty of Christ's coming. The same Greek idiom is hopefully and tenderly used in <a href="/galatians/4-19.htm">Galatians 4:19</a>. <a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. as often as ὁσάκις (hosakis) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3740.htm">Strong's 3740: </a> As often as, as many times as. Multiple adverb from hos; how many times as. you eat ἐσθίητε (esthiēte) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2068.htm">Strong's 2068: </a> Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat. this τοῦτον (touton) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. bread ἄρτον (arton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_740.htm">Strong's 740: </a> Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. drink πίνητε (pinēte) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe. [this] τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. cup, ποτήριον (potērion) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4221.htm">Strong's 4221: </a> A drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots. you proclaim καταγγέλλετε (katangellete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2605.htm">Strong's 2605: </a> To declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate. From kata and the base of aggelos; to proclaim, promulgate. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord’s Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. death θάνατον (thanaton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2288.htm">Strong's 2288: </a> Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death. until ἄχρι (achri) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_891.htm">Strong's 891: </a> As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to. He comes. ἔλθῃ (elthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 11:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 11:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 11:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 11:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>