1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20When therefore ye come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:3thou shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams, for LORD your God proves you, to know whether ye love LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Luke 2:35(and also of thee, a sword will pierce through thine own soul), so that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.
Acts 5:17But after rising up, the high priest and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled of envy.
Acts 20:30And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Acts 24:14But this I confess to thee, that according to the Way that they call a sect, so serve I the paternal God, believing all things written according to the law and the prophets,
Acts 28:22But we think it worthy to hear from thee what thou think. For indeed about this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:18-23
Profanation of the Lord's Supper. ( a. d. 57.) 17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 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… Read the whole commentary →