1 Corinthians 11:18
For, first, when you are assembled in the church, there are divisions, (as) I hear, among you, and in some measure I believe.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
17But this I prescribe not as praising you, because you go not forward, but to the less you descend.
19For it is to be that contentions be among you, that they who are approved with you may be known.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:10But I beseech of you, my brethren, in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, that you have all one doctrine, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfect in one mind and one sentiment.
1 Corinthians 5:1Fornication is commonly reported among you; and such fornication as is not heard among the Heathens, that the son should take the wife of his father.
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 →