1 Corinthians 11:18

Because, first; when ye assemble in the church, there are, I hear, divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

In Context

17This which I now enjoin, is not as praising you; for ye have not made progress, but have deteriorated.

19For there are to be contentions among you, that the approved among you may be known.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:10And I beseech you, my Brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, that to you all there may be one language; and that there may be no divisions among you: but that ye may become perfectly of one mind, and of one way of thinking.

1 Corinthians 5:1In short, it is reported, there is whoredom among you; and such whoredom as is not even named among the heathen, that a son should even 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 →

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