19 For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you. 20 Therefore, when[a] you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper. 21 For when you[b] eat it, each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“come together”)
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:21 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal infinitive (“eat”)

19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.(A) 20 So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, 21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers.(B) As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.

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