1 Corinthians 11:19 — Meaning and Application

Now in this that I declare {unto you} I praise {you} not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. {divisions: or, schisms}

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. {heresies: or, sects}

When ye come together therefore into one place, {this} is not to eat the Lord's supper. {this...: or, ye cannot eat}

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