1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must needs be also parties among you, in order that the good may be tested and made known.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

In Context

18To begin with, I am told - and I believe there is some truth in it - that when you meet at a church there are divisions among you.

20Again, when you meet together, there is no true eating of the Lord’s Supper;

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Cross References

Luke 2:35Yea, and a sword shall pierce through your own soul also, that the thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed."

Acts 5:17This aroused bitter indignation among the high priest and his followers who were of the sect of the Sadducees,

Acts 20:30and that from among your own number, men will arise, perverting the truth, to draw away the disciples after them.

Acts 24:14"But this I confess to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors, according to the Way which they call a heresy, believing everything that is according to the Law, or is written in the Prophets,

Acts 28:22"But we are eager to hear from you what it is that you believe; for we all know that as for this sect it is everywhere 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 →

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