Communion of the Lord's Supper
14 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
10 sections
- Both Bread and Wine are Necessary to be Received In
- Instituted
- Newness of Heart and Life Necessary to the Worthy Partaking
- Object of
- Partakers of, be Wholly Separate to God
- Prefigured
- Self-Examination Commanded Before Partaking of
- Unworthy Partakers of are Guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ
- Unworthy Partakers of are Visited with Judgments
- Unworthy Partakers of Discern not the Lord's Body
Both Bread and Wine are Necessary to be Received In
- Matthew 26:27 Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
Instituted
- Matthew 26:26 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
Newness of Heart and Life Necessary to the Worthy Partaking
- 1 Corinthians 5:7–8 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. …
Object of
- Luke 22:19 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
Partakers of, be Wholly Separate to God
- 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
Prefigured
- Exodus 12:21–28 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb. …
- 1 Corinthians 5:7–8 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. …
Self-Examination Commanded Before Partaking of
- 1 Corinthians 11:28 Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31 Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
Unworthy Partakers of are Guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ
- 1 Corinthians 11:27 Therefore, 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.
Unworthy Partakers of are Visited with Judgments
- 1 Corinthians 11:30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
Unworthy Partakers of Discern not the Lord's Body
- 1 Corinthians 11:29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
Related topics
CommunionCommunion of the Lord's Supper was Continually Partaken of, by the ChurchCommunion of the Lord's Supper is the Communion of the Body and Blood of ChristEucharist (The Lord's Supper)Cup used in the Institution of the Lord's SupperLeaven (Yeast) of Other Evils
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.