1 Corinthians 11:17-22

Lexham English Bible

Improper Conduct at the Lord’s Supper

¹⁷ But in giving this instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸ For in the first place, when you^[a] come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. ¹⁹ For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you. ²⁰ Therefore, when^[b] you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper. ²¹ For when you^[c] eat it, each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk. ²² For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who do not have anything? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you!