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17 Bible Verses About Communion

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Summary

  • Four passages record the words over the bread and cup, and of them only Luke 22:19 and 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 include “Do this in remembrance of me.”
  • Matthew’s account is the one that adds “for the forgiveness of sins” to the words over the cup (Matthew 26:28).
  • Paul’s word for “participation” in 1 Corinthians 10:16 is koinonia, which the King James Version translates “communion.”
  • Catholic and Orthodox teaching holds that Christ’s body and blood are really present; Lutherans confess them “under the bread and wine”; the Westminster Confession says believers receive Christ spiritually by faith; the Baptist Faith and Message calls the meal a memorial.
  • Paul’s warning about eating “in an unworthy manner” was written to a church whose shared meal left some hungry and others drunk (1 Corinthians 11:21, 27).

The Bible’s teaching on communion starts with the meal Jesus shared with his disciples on the night he was betrayed, when he gave them bread and a cup and called them his body and his blood. Matthew, Mark and Luke tell the story (Matthew 26:26-28), and Paul repeats it with warnings about eating it rightly (1 Corinthians 11:23-29). Churches that keep the meal differ over what the bread and cup are. Catholic and Orthodox teaching holds that Christ’s body and…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version, except the older wording of 1 Corinthians 10:16, which is from the King James Version.

Strong’s Greek 2842, κοινωνία (koinonia): fellowship, communion, participation, sharing; used in Acts 2:42 and 1 Corinthians 10:16. biblehub.com/greek/2842

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1374-1376: the real presence and transubstantiation. vatican.va

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1384-1385: John 6:53 as Christ’s invitation to the Eucharist, and 1 Corinthians 11:27-29 on examining one’s conscience. vatican.va

Orthodox Church in America. The Orthodox Faith, Volume II, Worship: “Holy Eucharist.” oca.org

Martin Luther. Small Catechism, “The Sacrament of the Altar”: “the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the bread and wine.” bookofconcord.org

Formula of Concord, Epitome, Article VII, “The Lord’s Supper”: the sacramental union, citing Mark 14:23. bookofconcord.org

Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 29, “Of the Lord’s Supper,” section 7. opc.org

Southern Baptist Convention. The Baptist Faith and Message (2000), Article VII, “Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.” bfm.sbc.net

John Calvin. Commentary on John, volume 1, on John 6:53. ccel.org

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