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1 Corinthians 11:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. "
1 Corinthians 11:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
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1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
1 Corinthians 11:2
"Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you."
1 Corinthians 11:3
"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."
1 Corinthians 11:4
"Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head."
1 Corinthians 11:5
"But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven."
1 Corinthians 11:6
"For if the woman be ➔ not covered, let her ➔ also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered."
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