Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
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Gill's Exposition
For first of all, when ye come together in the church,.... The place where the church met together to perform divine service, called "one place". Co1 11:20 and is distinguished from their own…
Barnes' Notes
Now in this that I declare - In this that I am about to state to you; to wit, your conduct in regard to the Lord’s Supper. Why this subject is introduced here is not very apparent. The connection may…
Adam Clarke
Now in this - I praise you not - In the beginning of this epistle the apostle did praise them for their attention in general to the rules he had laid down, see Co1 11:2; but here he is obliged to…
In this passage the apostle sharply rebukes them for much greater disorders than the former, in their partaking of the Lord's supper, which was commonly done in the first ages, as the ancients tell…
Disorders at the Lord's Supper
17. Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not St Paul was able to praise the Corinthians (1Co 11:11) for their attention to the injunctions he had given them.…
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