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1 Corinthians 11:20

When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s Supper;

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the men of real worth become known.

21for, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

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Cross References

Acts 2:46Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the Breaking of Bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the good-will of all the people.

Hebrews 10:25And let us not, as some do, cease to meet together; but, on the contrary, let us encourage one another, and all the more, now that you see the Day drawing near.

Jude 1:12These are the men who are blots upon your ‘Love-feasts,’ when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn 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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