1 Corinthians 11:20

When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

In Context

19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

21for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

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Cross References

Zechariah 7:6And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Acts 2:46And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they did take their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

Hebrews 10:25not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

Jude 1:12These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn 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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