1 Corinthians 11:20
18 First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19 And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
21 For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
22 Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!
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
- Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
- KJV
- When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
- WEB
- When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
- ASV
- When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord`s supper:
- DARBY
- When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper.
- BLB
- Therefore, [on] your⁺ coming together in the same [place], it is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
- ÅB
- Når dere altså kommer sammen, da blir det ikke Herrens nattverd dere spiser;
- OTB
- Når dere samles sammen, er det ikke virkelig for å spise Herrens nattverd,
- B1930
- Når I altså kommer sammen, da blir det ikke Herrens nattverd I eter;