1 Corinthians 11:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. ”

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For in eating - When you eat, having professedly come together to observe this ordinance. In order to understand this, it seems necessary to suppose that they had in some way made the Lord’s supp...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For in eating every one taketh (h) before [other] his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. (h) Eats his food and does not wait until others come.
1 Corinthians 11:21 - 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 11:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

every . each. taketh before . first taketh. Greek. prolambano. Only here, Mark 14:8 ; Galatians 1:6 ; Galatians 1:1 . Thus the over-indulgence of some unfitted them for the ordinance.
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. For every one of you taketh before others his own supper. It is truly wonderful, and next to a miracle, (656) that Satan could have accomplished so much in so short a time. We are, howe...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. Every one taketh before - his own supper - They had a grand feast, though the different sects...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Every one taketh before other, &c.— This circumstance of their rapacious and indecent behaviour at their feasts is finely illustrated by a passage from Xenophon, Memorab. lib. 3 : 100: 41 in...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. One taketh before other - the rich "before" the poor, who had no supper of their own. In...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - 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 11:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For. — Here follows a description of the conduct and mode of proceeding at this feast, which renders it impossible, as stated in 1 Corinthians 11:20 , for it to be a Lord’s Supper. Every one greed...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 17 ABUSE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER IN this paragraph of his letter Paul speaks of an abuse which can scarcely be credited, still less tolerated, in our times. The most sacred of all Christian...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For in eating ,.... Not at the Lord's table, but at tables spread for them in the place of divine worship, where everyone brought his own food, under a pretence that others, particularly the poor, s...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. Ver. 21. Every one taketh ] Eateth and communicateth with those of his own sect and factio...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When ye come together therefore In such a manner as you do; into one place Under pretence of celebrating the holy ordinance of the eucharist, and have such strife and contention among you, and ac...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; There was at this time in most of the Christian church a Jewish party, viz. such as were converted from Judaism to Christianity, and had a tang of the old cask, being too tenacious of some J...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - 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 11:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Unseemly behavior in public worship:
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:16-18 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 ; 2 Peter 2:13 ; Jude 1:12
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Lord's Supper 1 Corinthians 11:20-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Circumstances under which the Supper was inaugurated. 1. Christ knew He would die. 2. After the Passover passed away the Supper...
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For in eating what ye call the Lord's supper, instead of all partaking of one bread, each person brings his own supper, and eats it without staying for the rest. And hereby the poor, who cannot pro...

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 11:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 11:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 11:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes