1 Corinthians 11:22

20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.

21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and ^aanother is drunk.

22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^athe church of God and ^bshame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

23 For ^aI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: ^bthat the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;

24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said,¹ “Take, eat; this is My body which is² broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Corinthians 11:22

Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? - They should have taken their ordinary meal at home, and have come together in the church to celebrate the Lord' s Supper.

Despise ye the church of God - Ye render the sacred assembly and the place contemptible by your conduct, and ye show yourselves destitute of that respect which ye owe to the place set apart for Divine worship.

And shame them that have not? - , Them that are poor; not them who had not victuals at that time, but those who are so poor as to be incapable of furnishing themselves as others had done. See the note on Matthew 13:12.

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