1 Corinthians 11:17-22, 28, 33-34

I have no praise for you as I instruct you in the following matter: When you gather, it results in more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church you split up into opposing groups. I believe some of what I hear. Factions have to exist in order to make it clear who the genuine believers among you are. When you gather in the same place, you can’t possibly be eating the Lord’s Supper. Each of you eats his own supper ⌞without waiting for each other⌟. So one person goes hungry and another gets drunk. Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Do you despise God’s church and embarrass people who don’t have anything to eat? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? I won’t praise you for this.

With this in mind, individuals must determine whether what they are doing is proper when they eat the bread and drink from the cup.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, wait for each other. Whoever is hungry should eat at home so that you don’t have a gathering that brings judgment on you. I will give directions concerning the other matters when I come.