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For in your eating each one takes his own supper before others. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
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A Divided Table
Commentators explain that the Corinthian church had turned the Lord's Supper into a chaotic, class-based meal. Instead of sharing, the wealthy would consume their own ample provisions without waiting for the poor members, who were left hungry and humiliated. This selfish behavior destroyed the unity the meal was meant to signify, making it a 'grab-game' rather than a sacred communion.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For in eating. This refers to when you eat, having professedly come together to observe this ordinance. To understand this, it seems neces…
Taketh before (προλαμβανε). Before others. Old verb to take before others. It was conduct like this that led to the complete separ…
19th Century
Anglican
For. What follows is a description of the conduct and manner of proceeding at this feast, which renders it impossible, as stated i…
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Baptist
When you come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating everyone takes before another his own supp…
The Christian common meal (agape feast) apparently followed the pattern of public sacred feasting among the Jews and Greeks. The food was brought t…
16th Century
Protestant
For every one of you taketh before others his own supper. It is truly wonderful, and almost miraculous, that Satan could have accomplished…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
