1 Corinthians 11:26
New International Version
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

New Living Translation
For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

English Standard Version
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Berean Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

Berean Literal Bible
For as often as you may eat this bread and may drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He should come.

King James Bible
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

New King James Version
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

New American Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

NASB 1995
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

NASB 1977
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

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

Amplified Bible
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].

Christian Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

American Standard Version
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord meant that when you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you tell about his death until he comes.

English Revised Version
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you tell about the Lord's death until he comes.

Good News Translation
This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

International Standard Version
For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Majority Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord?s death until He comes.

NET Bible
For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

New Heart English Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Webster's Bible Translation
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he shall come.

Weymouth New Testament
For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns.

World English Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
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;

Berean Literal Bible
For as often as you may eat this bread and may drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He should come.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Smith's Literal Translation
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye announce the Lord's death till he come.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.

New American Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

New Revised Standard Version
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you commemorate our LORD’s death until he come.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For every time that you eat this bread and you drink this cup, you commemorate the death of Our Lord, until his coming.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till he come.

Godbey New Testament
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.

Haweis New Testament
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he come.

Mace New Testament
As often then as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye make a declaration of the Lord's death till he come.

Weymouth New Testament
For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns.

Worrell New Testament
for, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death, till He come.

Worsley New Testament
As often then as ye eat of this bread, and drink of this cup, ye commemorate the Lord's death till he come.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Sharing in the Lord's Supper
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.” 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. 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.…

Cross References
Matthew 26:26-29
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. ...

Mark 14:22-25
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. ...

Luke 22:19-20
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.

John 6:53-58
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. ...

Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 20:7
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.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17
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.

Hebrews 9:28
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.

Revelation 19:9
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.”

Isaiah 53:7
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.

Isaiah 53:12
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.

Exodus 12:14
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.

Exodus 12:26-27
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.

Leviticus 23:4-8
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. ...

Numbers 9:2-3
“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.”


Treasury of Scripture

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.

1 Corinthians 4:5
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.

1 Corinthians 15:23
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

John 14:3
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.

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1 Corinthians 11
1. He reproves them, because in holy assemblies,
4. their men prayed with their heads covered,
6. and women with their heads uncovered;
17. and because generally their meetings were not for the better, but for the worse;
21. as, namely, in profaning with their own feast the Lord's supper.
25. Lastly, he calls them to the first institution thereof.














For whenever you eat this bread
The phrase "for whenever" indicates a repeated action, suggesting that the practice of communion is not a one-time event but a continual observance. The Greek word "ὁσάκις" (hosakis) implies a regularity and frequency, emphasizing the importance of this ritual in the life of the believer. "This bread" refers specifically to the bread used in the Lord's Supper, symbolizing the body of Christ. Historically, bread was a staple in the ancient diet, and its use here signifies sustenance and life, drawing believers into a deeper understanding of Christ as the Bread of Life (John 6:35).

and drink this cup
The "cup" in this context is a reference to the cup of wine used during the Lord's Supper, symbolizing the blood of Christ shed for the remission of sins. The Greek word "ποτήριον" (potērion) is used, which can also mean a vessel or a means of sharing in something. This highlights the communal aspect of the Lord's Supper, where believers partake together, sharing in the sacrifice of Christ. The cup is a powerful symbol of the New Covenant, as Jesus Himself declared during the Last Supper (Luke 22:20).

you proclaim the Lord’s death
The act of eating the bread and drinking the cup is a proclamation, a public declaration of faith in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. The Greek word "καταγγέλλετε" (katangellō) means to announce or declare openly. This proclamation is not just a remembrance but an active declaration of the core of the Gospel message: Christ's atoning death. Historically, this public declaration was a bold statement in a world where Christians were often persecuted for their faith.

until He comes
This phrase introduces an eschatological element, pointing to the future return of Christ. The Greek word "ἄχρι" (achri) means "until," indicating that this practice is to continue until a specific event occurs—Christ's second coming. This forward-looking aspect of the Lord's Supper serves as a reminder of the hope and anticipation of Christ's return, encouraging believers to live in a state of readiness and expectation. The historical context of the early church, which lived with the imminent expectation of Christ's return, adds depth to this phrase, as it calls believers to remain faithful and vigilant.

(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, 1Corinthians 11:22-25) 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.

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 Galatians 4:19.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

as often as
ὁσάκις (hosakis)
Conjunction
Strong's 3740: 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
Strong's 2068: 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
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

bread
ἄρτον (arton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 740: Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

drink
πίνητε (pinēte)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4095: 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
Strong's 3588: 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
Strong's 4221: 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
Strong's 2605: To declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate. From kata and the base of aggelos; to proclaim, promulgate.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: 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
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

death
θάνατον (thanaton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.

until
ἄχρι (achri)
Preposition
Strong's 891: 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
Strong's 2064: To come, go.


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