1 Corinthians 11:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:22

What! - This whole verse is designed to convey the language of severe rebuke for their having so grossly perverted the design of the Lord’s Supper.Have ye not houses ... - Do you not know that the church of God is not designed to be a place of feasting and revelry; nor even a place where to partake of your ordinary meals? Can it be, that you will come to the places of public worship, and make them the scenes of feasting and riot? Even on the supposition that there had been no disorder; no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 11:20-22

1 Corinthians 11:20-22 . When ye come together therefore In such a manner as you do; into one place Under pretence of celebrating the holy ordinance of the eucharist, and have such strife and contention among you, and act in the disorderly manner which I shall now mention; this is not to eat the Lord’s supper That solemn memorial of his death; nor does it deserve to be called by that name, unless ye eat it in fellowship together, and in mutual love, as the disciples of one master.... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

The Lord’s Supper (11:17-34)God’s purpose was that the Lord’s Supper should demonstrate and strengthen the unity of his people in one body (see 10:16-17), but the way the church in Corinth practised it, it produced the opposite effect. It caused Christians to break into opposing groups. The only advantage in this, Paul ironically points out, is that it enables a person to see how many good Christians there really are (17-19).The practice in those days was that when Christians met for the Lord’s... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 11:22

What? have ye not = For is it (Greek. me, introducing the question) that ye have not (Greek. ou) . shame . Greek. kataischuno. Same as in 1 Corinthians 11:4 . What shall I say, &c . Figure of speech Amphidiorthosis. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:22

What, have ye not houses to eat and drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.Have ye not houses to eat and drink in ... It should be carefully noted that Paul did not here condemn a congregation's eating upon the occasion of their formal coming together for worship, nor eating in any building or location where such meetings were held. What he condemned was their intemperance, disregard... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:22-23

1 Corinthians 11:22-23. Shall I praise you, &c.— The Apostle plainly refers here to what he had said 1Co 11:2 where he praised them for remembering him in all things, and for retaining what he had delivered to them. This commendation he now retracts; for in this matter of eating the Lord's supper they did not retain what he had delivered to them, 1Co 11:23 which therefore, in the immediately following words, he repeats to them again. It is very remarkable, that the institution of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:22

22. What!—Greek, "For." houses—(compare :-) —"at home." That is the place to satiate the appetite, not the assembly of the brethren [ALFORD]. despise ye the church of God—the congregation mostly composed of the poor, whom "God hath chosen," however ye show contempt for them ( :-); compare "of God" here, marking the true honor of the Church. shame them that have not—namely, houses to eat and drink in, and who, therefore, ought to have received their portion at the love-feasts from their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:17-22

Abuse of the poor 11:17-22This aspect of the problem involved showing disregard for the poorer members of the church."Because there was no landed aristocracy in the new Corinth, there arose an aristocracy of wealth." [Note: Carson and Moo, p. 420.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:17-26

1. The abuses 11:17-26The first abuse reflects a problem on the horizontal level, between believers in the church. The second more serious abuse was vertical, involving the church and its Lord. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

D. The Lord’s Supper 11:17-34Most of the Corinthians had been following Paul’s instructions regarding women’s head-coverings so he commended them (1 Corinthians 11:2), but he could not approve their practice at the Lord’s Supper. They needed to make some major changes there. What they were doing cut at the heart of both the gospel and the church. This is the one certain situation in the Corinthian church that Paul addressed in chapters 7-16 that the Corinthians themselves had not asked him... read more

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