1 Corinthians 11:19

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

18Because, first; when ye assemble in the church, there are, I hear, divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

20When therefore ye come together, ye eat and drink, not as is becoming on the day of our Lord.

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Cross References

Luke 2:35(and also a dart will pierce thy own soul); that the thoughts of the hearts of many may be disclosed.

Acts 5:17And the high priest was filled with indignation, and all those with him who were of the doctrine of the Sadducees.

Acts 20:30And also, from among yourselves, there will rise up men speaking perverse things, that they may turn away the disciples to go after them.

Acts 24:14But this indeed I acknowledge, that in that same doctrine of which they speak, I do serve the God of my fathers, believing all the things written in the law and in the prophets.

Acts 28:22But we are desirous to hear from thee what thou thinkest; for this doctrine, we know, is not received by any one.

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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