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18 For first, while you are coming-together in church[a], I am hearing that there are divisions among you. And a certain part of it I believe— 19 for there indeed have-to[b] be factions among you in order that the approved ones may also[c] become known among you. 20 So while you are coming-together at the same place, it is not that you may eat the Lord’s Supper! 21 For at the eating[d], each one is taking his own dinner before others. And one is hungry, and another is drunk. 22 You do not indeed fail to have houses for eating and drinking, do you? Or are you treating the church of God with contempt, and humiliating the ones not having? What should I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:18 Or, an assembly. That is, in home meetings.
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:19 Or, must.
  3. 1 Corinthians 11:19 Or, indeed. Choices between right and wrong, good and bad, separate the approved from the disapproved.
  4. 1 Corinthians 11:21 That is, the eating of the love feast, the dinner associated with the Lord’s Supper in that day.

18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions(A) among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.(B) 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.(C) As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God(D) by humiliating those who have nothing?(E) What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you?(F) Certainly not in this matter!

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