1 Corinthians 11:19

1 Corinthians 11:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
• New International Version (NIV)No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

Context of 1 Corinthians 11:19

17But [in] prescribing [to you on] this [which I now enter on], I do not praise, [namely,] that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse. 18For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit [to it]. For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you. 20When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper. 21For each one in eating takes his own supper before [others], and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.

1 Corinthians 11:19 word by word

δεῖ γὰρ καὶ αἱρέσεις ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι, ἵνα καὶ οἱ δόκιμοι φανεροὶ γένωνται ἐν ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear

• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• becomeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:19

• Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
• Luke 17:1And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe [to him] by whom they come!
• Acts 20:30and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.
• 1 Timothy 4:1But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
• 2 Peter 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
• Acts 5:17And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,
• Acts 15:5And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among [them], saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.
• Acts 24:5For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;
• Acts 26:5who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
• Acts 28:22But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against.
• Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
• Deuteronomy 13:3— thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Luke 2:35(and even a sword shall go through thine own soul;) so that [the] thoughts may be revealed from many hearts.
• 2 Corinthians 13:5examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?
• 1 John 2:19They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19There must be also heresies - ̔· Not a common consent of the members of the Church, either in the doctrines of the Gospel, or in the ceremonies of the Christian religion. Their difference in religious opinion led to a difference in their religious practice, and thus the Church of God, that should have been one body, was split into sects and parties. The divisions and the heresies sprung out of each other. I have spoken largely on the word heresy in Acts…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19For there must be - It is necessary ( ͂ dei); it is to he expected; there are reasons why there should be. What these reasons are he states in the close of the verse; compare Matthew 18:7; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:2. The meaning is, not that divisions are inseparable from the nature of the Christian religion, not that it is the design and wish of the Author of Christianity that they should exist, and not that they are physically impossible, for then they…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 The apostle rebukes the disorders in their partaking of the Lord's supper. The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, will be apt to make us worse. If the use of them does not mend, it will harden. Upon coming together, they fell into divisions, schisms. Christians may separate from each other's communion, yet be charitable one towards another; they may continue in the same communion, yet be uncharitable. This last is schism…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19This ironic expression criticizes the Corinthian Christians for claiming superiority based on their differences. Alternatively, Paul might suggest that while their divisiveness is wrong, it will reveal who among them is truly faithful.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. heresies--Not merely "schisms" or "divisions" (1Co 11:18), which are "recent dissensions of the congregation through differences of opinion" [Augustine, Con. Crescon. Don. 2.7, quoted by Trench, Greek Synonyms of the New Testament], but also "heresies," that is, "schisms which have now become inveterate"; "Sects" [Campbell, vol. 2, pp. 126, 127]: so Ac 5:17; 15:5 translate the same Greek. At present there were dissensions at the love-feasts; but Paul…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings