1 CORINTHIANS 11:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.”
In the same way, after supper he took the cup and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me' — the cup is explicitly identified as the new covenant (kainē diathēkē) in his blood, evoking Jeremiah's prophecy and establishing the Supper as the sacramental seal of the new covenant; the repeated 'do this in remembrance' emphasizes the ongoing nature of the practice.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:25
“In like manner also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New Covenant in My Blood: this do, as oft as you drink of it, in remembrance of Me.” What do you say? Are you making a remembrance of Christ, and do you despise the poor and tremblest not? Why, if a son or brother had died and thou were making a remembrance of him, you would have been smitten by your conscience, had you not fulfilled the custom and invited the poor: and when you are making remembrance of your…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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