Taketh before (προλαμβανε). Before others. Old verb to take before others. It was conduct like this that led to the complete separ…

For in eating. This refers to when you eat, having professedly come together to observe this ordinance. To understand this, it seems neces…

For. What follows is a description of the conduct and manner of proceeding at this feast, which renders it impossible, as stated i…

For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be a…

The Christian common meal (agape feast) apparently followed the pattern of public sacred feasting among the Jews and Greeks. The food was brought t…

For every one of you taketh before others his own supper. It is truly wonderful, and almost miraculous, that Satan could have accomplished…

For in eating
Not at the Lord's table, but at tables spread for them in the place of divine worship, where everyone …

The apostle rebukes the disorders in their partaking of the Lord's Supper. The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, are likely to m…

After rebuking the Corinthians for their error in covering—that is, because the women came to the sacred mysteries with their heads uncovered—the A…