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"1 Cor 11:27 Therefore, 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. 28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1Co 11:25-26 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. (26) For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. After the consecration, the bread is still bread, and the wine is still wine. "If ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till He come." By "shew," He means the ancient practice of celebrating the Lord's Supper "in remembrance" of Christ's death. The latter verses make it clear that the celebration is a sacred one, and should not be treated the way the Corinthians did as any old supper: 1Co 11:19-22 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. (20) When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. (21) For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. (22) What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. The word you translated as "recognizing" is actually "mē diakrinōn," which is "discern" or "discriminate." IOW, to tell the difference between the Lord's Supper and any ordinary supper, which was their abuse of what Christ established.