1 Corinthians 11:20
When therefore ye come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
In Context
19For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.
21For each man proceeds to eat his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunken.
Cross References
Zechariah 7:6And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Acts 2:46And continuing steadfastly, daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of nourishment in gladness and evenness of heart,
Hebrews 10:25Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.
Jude 1:12These are reefs in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly tending to themselves, waterless clouds carried along by winds, autumn trees without fruit, who died twice having being uprooted,
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 →