1 Corinthians 11:17-22

International Standard Version

Concerning the Lord’s Supper^(A)

¹⁷ Now I am not praising you in giving you the following instructions. When you gather, it is not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸ For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. ¹⁹ Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

²⁰ When you gather in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. ²¹ For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk. ²² You have homes in which to eat and drink, don’t you? Or do you despise God’s church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!