Pass Around the Bread and Wine—We've Got the 30 Best Communion Scriptures
Bible verses to reflect on Christ's sacrifice for us.
Communion is an important ordinance practiced by many Christians. It's a sacred reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for us. For the majority of churches, Communion is practiced once a month. However, some may do it weekly, bi-weekly or quarterly. The bread and wine served at Communion are to represent the body and blood of Christ. Reading through the Bible, you will find plenty of Communion scriptures to support and give meaning to what Communion is all about.
Some of the verses speak directly to the act of taking bread and wine as a remembrance of Christ. Other Bible scriptures shed light on the purpose of Jesus' sacrifice and its saving grace. All of them are important to reflect on before taking Communion.
If you need a reminder or are wanting a better understanding of what Communion is, the Bible can definitely help. We've gathered a list of 30 Communion scriptures that best define and provide an understanding of the ordinance of Communion.
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What Is Communion?
Communion, in the religious sense, is defined as "a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed as memorials of Christ's death or as symbols for the realization of a spiritual union between Christ and communicant or as the body and blood of Christ."
30 Communion Scriptures
1. "For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.'" — 1 Corinthians 11:23-24
2. "In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.'" — 1 Corinthians 11:25
3. "For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." — 1 Corinthians 11:26
4. "So then, 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." — 1 Corinthians 11:27
5. "Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves." — 1 Corinthians 11:28-29
6. "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, 'Take it; this is my body.' Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 'This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,' he said to them. 'Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.'” — Mark 14:22-25
7. "Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks 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 share the one loaf." — 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
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8. "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, 'Take and eat; this is my body.' Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he 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.'" — Matthew 26:26-28
9. "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” — John 6:51
10. "For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” — John 6:33
11. "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day." — John 6:54
12. "And he took 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 the supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.'" — Luke 22:19-20
13. "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." — 1 John 1:7
14. "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." 1 Peter 3:18
15. "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed." — Isaiah 53:5
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16. "Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'" — John 6:35
17. "When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them." — Luke 24:30
18. "They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." — Acts 2:42
19. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." — Romans 6:23
20. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." — John 3:16
21. "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" — John 14:6
22. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile." — Romans 1:16
23. "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." — John 1:12
24. "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory." — Ephesians 1:13-14
25. "For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him." — 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
26. "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” — Acts 4:12
27. "He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit," — Titus 3:5
28. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." — Ephesians 2:8-9
29. "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved." — Romans 10:9-10
30. "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'" — John 1:29