1 Corinthians 11:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisionsd among you; and I partly believe it. ”

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For first of all - That is, I mention as the first thing to be reproved. When ye come together in the church - When you come together in a religious assembly; when you convene for public wors...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. (15) To celebrate the Lord's supper correctly, it is required that ther...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:7-34 . The Desecration of the Lord's Supper. Paul feels that in one respect he must restrict his praise. Their meetings damage rather than profit them. He cannot help believing pa...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the . All the texts omit. "In church" means "in assembly". No buildings were set apart for Christian worship so early as this. be . Greek. huparcho. See Luke 9:48 . divisions . Greek. schism...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. When ye come together in the Church, I hear there are divisions Some take the words divisions and heresies, as referring to that disorder ( ἀταξίαν) of which he speaks soon afterwar...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. There be divisions among you - They had σχισματα, schisms, among them: the ol...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For first of all, &c.— To understand this, we must observe, first, that they had meetings sometimes on purpose only for eating the Lord's supper, 1 Corinthians 11:33 . Secondly, That to th...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. First of all. Instead of secondly, follows "therefore," 1 Corinthian...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Disorders In Worship 2-16. (c) The Veiling of Women in Church 2. Now I praise you] This v. introduces the two following sections. The Apostle begins by praising them, perhaps echoing words from...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For first of all. — We in vain look for the “secondly,” which, in a perfectly systematic treatise, should follow this “first.” Some writers maintain that 1 Corinthians 11:18-19 form the first poi...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 THE VEIL AT this point of the Epistle Paul passes from the topics regarding which the Corinthians had requested him to inform them, to make some remarks on the manner in which, as he h...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Unity and Order in Public Assembly 1 Corinthians 11:11-22 The power on a woman's head in 1 Corinthians 11:10 probably refers to the veil or covering which the Grecian woman assumed at marri...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Another Corinthian question concerned the position of woman and her true attitude in the exercise of divinely bestowed gifts. He declared that woman's true position is subservience to man. The nature...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. (18) For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there b...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For first of all, when ye come together in the church ,.... The place where the church met together to perform divine service, called "one place". 1 Corinthians 11:20 and is distinguished from the...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. Ver. 18. There be divisions ] Gr. σχισματα, schisms, rents, yea, and that...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now in this that I am about to declare unto you, I praise you not I cannot commend some, as I have done others, ( 1 Corinthians 11:2 ,) for other things; that ye come together Frequently, and e...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter s 11 to 14 no longer consider the question of testimony or conduct as before the world, but rather the conduct, order, unity that is becoming in the Assembly, the body of Christ. Yet this is...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Profanation of the Lord's Supper. A. D. 57. 17 Now in this that I declare unto you I prais...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the church, here, must signify the religious assembly; for at this time there were no temples built for Christians, but they met in private houses, as the iniquity of those times would bear: yet...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Approach to Worship (11:2-14:40). We now move on to a section which deals with the Christian approach to worship in the light of the particular problems of the Corinthian church. Chapter 11 covers...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES NEW TOPIC: THE LORD’S SUPPER AND THE LOVE-FEASTS 1 Corinthians 11:17 .— Backward reference: the directions just given , and the general praise of 1 Corinthians 11:2 , are not t...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The members of the church at Corinth abounded in gifts, and therefore they thought it meet for each one to speak to edification. They had no pastoral oversight whatever; acting, in this respect, like...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 11:2 . Keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. The apostle mentions these twice to the Thessalonians, and nearly in the same words. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 2 Thessalonians...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now … I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. Unprofitable public worship I. When do we come together, not for the better, but for the worse? This may be...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 11:1 Followers of me; rather, imitators of me; follow herein my example, as I follow Christ's. What Christ's example was, in that he too "pleased not himself,"...
1 Corinthians 11:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Unseemly behavior in public worship:
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:10 ; 1 Corinthians 1:10-12 ; 1 Corinthians 3:3 ; 1 Corinthians 5:1 ; 1 Corinthians 6:1
1 Corinthians 11:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the church — In the public assembly. I hear there are schisms among you; and I partly believe it — That is, I believe it of some of you. It is plain that by schisms is not meant any separation f...

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 11:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 11:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 11:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes