1 Corinthians 11:20

1 Corinthians 11:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord’s Supper.

Context of 1 Corinthians 11:20

18In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, 21for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 22Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!

1 Corinthians 11:20 word by word

συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ οὐκ ἔστιν κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whenσυνέρχομαιsunerchomai · to assembleG4905
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• intoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• one placeαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• to eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• the Lord’sκυριακόςkuriakos · the Lord’sG2960
• supperδεῖπνονdeipnon · dinnerG1173

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20This is not to eat the Lord's Supper - They did not come together to eat the Lord's Supper exclusively, which they should have done, and not have made it a part of an ordinary meal.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20When ye come together therefore … - When you are assembled as a church, compare Hebrews 10:25, and see the note on Acts 2:1. Christians were constantly in the habit of assembling for public worship. It is probable that at this early period all the Christians in Corinth were accustomed to meet in the same place. The apostle here particularly refers to their “assembling” to observe the ordinance of the Lord‘s Supper. At that early period it is probable that…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. 20-22Some people cared more about eating their own dinner than about the Lord's Supper.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. When ... therefore--Resuming the thread of discourse from 1Co 11:18. this is not to--rather, "there is no such thing as eating the Lord's Supper"; it is not possible where each is greedily intent only on devouring "HIS OWN supper," and some are excluded altogether, not having been waited for (1Co 11:33), where some are "drunken," while others are "hungry" (1Co 11:21). The love-feast usually preceded the Lord's Supper (as eating the Passover came…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 11:20

• Worship

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• Lord’s Supper
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• Judge
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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