Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
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Gill's Exposition
And if any man hunger let him eat at home,.... Whereby the apostle shows his dislike of their ante-suppers in the place of public worship, at which they behaved in so indecent a manner, neglecting the…
Barnes' Notes
When ye come together to eat - Professedly to eat the Lord’s Supper. Tarry one for another - Do not be guilty of disorder, intemperance, and gluttony; see the note at 1Co 11:21. Doddridge understands…
Adam Clarke
When ye come together to eat - The Lord's Supper, tarry one for another - do not eat and drink in parties as ye have done heretofore; and do not connect it with any other meal.
To rectify these gross corruptions and irregularities, the apostle sets the sacred institution here to view. This should be the rule in the reformation of all abuses.
I. He tells us how he came by the…
Cambridge Bible
Wherefore, my brethren The conclusion of the whole subject Every one is to waittill a fair and orderly distribution of the food has been made; and each is to remember that this is not an ordinary meal…