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1 Corinthians 11:21

1 Corinthians 11:21
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

What? have ye not houses to eat and drink in?.... This shows that one taking his supper before another, was not in their own houses, before they came to the place of divine worship, but in the house…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For in eating - When you eat, having professedly come together to observe this ordinance. In order to understand this, it seems necessary to suppose that they had in some way made the Lord’s supper…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Every one taketh before - his own supper - They had a grand feast, though the different sects kept in parties by themselves; but all took as ample a supper as they could provide, (each bringing his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Corinthians 11:17-22

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper Rather, for in the eating, i.e. when ye eat. Every passage relating to the Eucharist in the N. T. leads to the conclusion that it took place…

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