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

17Now in giving this next instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. For there also have to be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you. 20Therefore when you come together it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21for when you eat, each one takes his own supper first; and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

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

• For there alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• haveδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• be factionsαἵρεσιςhairesis · sectG139
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• who are approvedδόκιμοςdokimos · testedG1384
• may becomeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• evidentφανερόςphaneros · clearG5318

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:19

• Matthew 18:7“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!
• Luke 17:1Now He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to one through whom they come!
• Acts 20:30and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.
• 1 Timothy 4:1But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
• 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
• Acts 5:17But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
• Acts 15:5But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to keep the Law of Moses.”
• Acts 24:5For we have found this man a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
• Acts 26:5since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.
• Acts 28:22But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for regarding this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”
• Galatians 5:20idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,
• Deuteronomy 13:3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Luke 2:35and a sword will pierce your own soul--to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
• 2 Corinthians 13:5Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test?
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be evident that they all are not 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