28. That's why you must examine the way you eat and drink.
29. If you fail to understand that you are the body of the Lord, you will condemn yourselves by the way you eat and drink.
30. That's why many of you are sick and weak and why a lot of others have died.
31. If we carefully judge ourselves, we won't be punished.
32. But when the Lord judges and punishes us, he does it to keep us from being condemned with the rest of the world.
33. My dear friends, you should wait until everyone gets there before you start eating.
34. If you really are hungry, you can eat at home. Then you won't condemn yourselves when you meet together.After I arrive, I will instruct you about the other matters.