- Bible
- 1 Corinthians
- Chapter 11
- Verse 20
When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
My Notes
Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
For in eating,.... Not at the Lord's table, but at tables spread for them in the place of divine worship, where everyone brought his own food, under a pretence that others, particularly the poor,…
Barnes' Notes
When ye come together therefore ... - When you are assembled as a church, compare Heb 10:25, and see the note on Act 2:1. Christians were constantly in the habit of assembling for public worship. It…
Adam Clarke
This 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.
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…
Cambridge Bible
into one place Literally, to (or at) the same place. See Act 1:15; Act 2:1; Act 3:1, and ch. 1Co 7:5 of this Epistle. It is the only phrase which we find applied to the placeof the Christian assembly.…