37 Bible Verses about communion

Let each man look into his own heart, and only then eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord's cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offence against the Lord's body and blood.

For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.

Then Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and gave to them, with the words: "This is my body, [which is now to be given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me."

If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it and, as he gave it to his disciples, said: "Take it and eat it; this is my body."

That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.

For, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

For whenever you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death-till he comes.

In the Cup of Blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the Bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the Body of the Christ?

The Bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one Bread.

For I tell you that I shall not eat it again, until it has had its fulfillment in the Kingdom of God."

And, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and said "This is my own body given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me."

May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion with the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

They then sang a hymn, and went out to the Mount of Olives.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him; but he disappeared from their sight.

Then he took a cup, and, after saying the thanksgiving, gave it to them, with the words: "Drink from it, all of you;

Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have not Life within you.

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.

They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the Common Life of the Church, to the Breaking of the Bread and to the Prayers.

And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying "This cup is the new Covenant made by my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me."

Therefore, my Brothers, when you meet together to eat the Supper, wait for one another.

You cannot drink both the Cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake at the Table of the Lord and at the table of demons.

"I am the Life-giving Bread," Jesus said to them; "he that comes to me shall never be hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again.

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the Church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

It is of what we have seen and heard that we now tell you, so that you may have communion with us. And our communion is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

"I have most earnestly wished," he said, "to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

If we say that we have communion with him, and yet continue to live in the Darkness, we lie, and are not living the Truth.

Can it be that, when one of you has a dispute with another, he dares to have his case tried before the heathen, instead of before Christ's People?

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

And I tell you that I shall never, after this, drink of this juice of the grape, until that day when I shall drink it new with you in the Kingdom of my Father."

I fell into a trance on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like the blast of a trumpet.