1 Corinthians 11:26

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Paul writes to the Corinthian congregation, correcting their disorderly practice at the Lord's Supper (vv. 17–22). This verse supplies the theological purpose behind the meal.

The words — ὁσάκις (hosakis), "as often as," frames the act not as a one-time memorial but as a repeated, ongoing declaration. The repetition is the mechanism: each participation re-proclaims.

The thread — The clause "until He comes" anchors the verse to the parousia: Hebrews 9:28 (Christ will appear a second time), Revelation 1:7 (He is coming with the clouds), John 14:3 (He will come back and take you to Himself).

Why it lands — The meal is not a private remembrance but a public, repeated proclamation of a death whose story is still unfinished. Every participation is an act of witness, not merely of memory.

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The Greek words

King James Version

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

Cross-references

Hebrews 9:28 so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
John 21:22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
1 Corinthians 15:23 But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.