1 Corinthians 11:21

For in eating, each takes without waiting his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

In Context

20When therefore ye come together into one place, there is no eating of a supper of the Lord[11:20].

22What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord, what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was betrayed, took a loaf;

Jude 1:12These are rocks in your feasts of love, feasting with you fearlessly, feeding their own selves; clouds without water, carried away by winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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 →

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