Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁷ In the next thing I have to talk about, I cannot say that you are doing well. Your meeting together is more bad than good.

¹⁸ First, I hear that in the church meeting you divide yourselves into groups. I think this may be true.

¹⁹ You also have groups of people who do not think the same way. Because of them you will soon learn which people please God the most.

²⁰ When you meet together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.

²¹ People take their own food and eat it without waiting. One gets nothing to eat. Another person drinks too much.

²² Do you not have your own homes where you can eat and drink? Do you have no respect for the church of God? Do you want to make poor people ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I say you are doing well? No, you are not doing well in this matter!