I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

But if someone says to you, "This meat has been offered as a heathen sacrifice," make it your rule not to eat it, for the sake of the man who warned you and for conscience' sake;

These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the culmination of the ages has been attained.

Now this happened as a warning for us, that we might not long for evil things as they longed.

This I warn you of, and commend not that ye come together: not after a better manner but after a worse.

Yet of this I warn you, brethren: the time has been shortened--so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none,

For a person who eats and drinks without determining the significance of the body [of Jesus], [i.e., without showing proper reverence for Christ, as represented by the bread and cup (see verse 27), or without distinguishing this sacred memorial Supper from a common meal], eats and drinks judgment upon himself. [Note: Some apply "the body" in this verse to the church and explain it as a warning against failing to appreciate the unity that the Supper is intended to signify].