Key Verse Spotlight
1 Corinthians 11:22 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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. {have not: or, are poor?}”
1 Corinthians 11:22
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
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. {have not: or, are poor?}
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:
And when he had given thanks, he brake {it}, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. {in...: or, for a remembrance}
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