I Corinthians 11:17-22
The Lord’s Supper – Part 1

Today, 05/18/2023, let us, together in the grace of God, rejoice and reflect on the Word of God in I Corinthians 11:17-22.

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

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

19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

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

22 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.

[King James Version]

Suggested Questions:

1. What does the phrase “ye come together not for the better, but for the worse” mean?

2. What were the divisions within the people of God in Corinth at that time?

3. What does verse 19 mean?

4. What does the term “the Lord’s supper” mean?

5. What attitude of some individuals in the Church in Corinth is shown in sentences 21 and 22?

Suggested Applications:

1. Have you ever noticed any discrimination between one person and another during the communal meal of the people of God in your local Church?

2. Have you ever seen someone boasting about their cooking skills, wanting the food they cooked to be preferred by the Church over the food cooked by others?