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1 Corinthians 11:21

The Lord's SupperGenerosityPoverty and the vulnerable

19 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.

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

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BSB
For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
KJV
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
WEB
For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
ASV
for in your eating each one taketh before [other] his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
DARBY
For each one in eating takes his *own* supper before [others], and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.
BLB
For in eating, each takes first [his] own supper. And indeed this one is hungry, but that one is drunk.
ÅB
for idet dere spiser, tar hver på forhånd sin egen mat, og den ene er hungrig, og den annen er drukken.
OTB
for når dere spiser, går hver enkelt foran med sitt eget måltid; en forblir sulten mens en annen blir full.
B1930
for idet I eter, tar hver på forhånd sin egen mat, og den ene er hungrig, og den annen er drukken.

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  • Jude 1:12

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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  • 2 Peter 2:13

    And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:16–18

    The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:23–25

    For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

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