1 Corinthians 11:19
for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20ye, then, coming together at the same place — it is not to eat the Lord's supper;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:3thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;
Luke 2:35(and also thine own soul shall a sword pass through) — that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed.'
Acts 5:17And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him — being the sect of the Sadducees — were filled with zeal,
Acts 20:30and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Acts 24:14'And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,
Acts 28:22and we think it good from thee to hear what thou dost think, for, indeed, concerning this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is 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 →