1 Corinthians 11:19
17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
- KJV
- For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
- WEB
- For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
- ASV
- For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.
- DARBY
- For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.
- BLB
- For also it is necessary for there to be factions among you⁺, so that also the ones approved should become evident among you⁺.
- ÅB
- for det må være partier iblant dere, for at de ekte kan bli åpenbare iblant dere.
- OTB
- Det må nemlig være forskjeller blant dere for å vise hvem av dere som har Guds godkjennelse.
- B1930
- for det må være partier iblandt eder, forat de ekte kan bli åpenbare iblandt eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Read in contextTitus 3:10
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Read in contextActs 20:30
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Read in contextLuke 17:1
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Read in contextDeuteronomy 13:3
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1–2
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Read in contextMatthew 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Read in context1 Timothy 4:1–2
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
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