1 Corinthians 11:18
For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.
19For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved, may be made manifest among you.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that you be perfect in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 5:1It is absolutely heard, that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens; that one should have his father's wife.
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 →