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1 Corinthians 11:17-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Corinthians 11:17-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Abuses at the Lord’s Supper
17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you assemble as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it, 19 for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. 20 When you meet together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.[a]
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- 11.20 There was apparently a common meal before the Eucharist at which food and drink were to be shared. Paul condemns the abuses that had crept in.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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