1 Corinthians 11:21

1 Corinthians 11:21

19 For ^athere must also be factions among you, ^bthat those who are approved may be¹ recognized among you.

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.”

25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death ^atill He comes.

Examine Yourself

27 Therefore whoever eats ^athis bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and¹ blood of the Lord.

28 But ^alet a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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one taketh before other—the rich "before" the poor, who had no supper of their own. Instead of "tarrying for one another" (I Corinthians 11:33); hence the precept (I Corinthians 12:21, I Corinthians 12:25).

his own supper—"His own" belly is his God (Philippians 3:19); "the Lord's Supper," the spiritual feast, never enters his thoughts.

drunken—The one has more than is good for him, the other less [BENGEL].

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