1 CORINTHIANS 11:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.”
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, you should all eat together — Paul's remedy is simple and radical: wait for one another (ekdechomai), making the meal truly common rather than divided by wealth and timing; genuine koinōnia (communion) requires that no one eats alone.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:33
“Wherefore when you come together to eat, wait one for another.” Thus, while their fear was yet at its height and the terror of hell remained, he chooses again to bring in also the exhortation in behalf of the poor, on account of which he said all these things; implying that if they do not this they must partake unworthily. But if the not imparting of our goods excludes from that Table, much more the violently taking away. And he said not, “wherefore, when you come together,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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