1 Corinthians 11:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.”
1 Corinthians 11:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Corinthians 11:1715 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:17
It is necessary in considering the present charge to state also first the occasion of it. For thus again will our discourse be more intelligible. What then is this occasion? As in the case of the three thousand who believed in the beginning, all had eaten their meals in common and had all things common; such also was the practice at the time when the Apostle wrote this: not such indeed exactly; but as it were a certain outflowing of that communion which abode among them…
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Anna WestbrookNote3mo agoFinding rest in God - 1 Corinthians 11
I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - th...
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Elena PetrovaNote3mo agoThe Corinthian Divisions at the Table
Paul rebukes: 'In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions a...
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