1 Corinthians 11:22
What does 1 Corinthians 11:22 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Corinthians 11:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What 1 Corinthians 11:22 means
Paul confronts them: they have houses to eat and drink in, but the assembly is not the place for private indulgence. By acting as they have, they despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing. He withholds all praise. The Lord’s Supper is holy; it is not a venue for flaunting status. When the poor are humiliated at Christ’s table, the church denies the very grace it claims to celebrate. Paul’s rebuke demands repentance. Ordinary hunger is to be met at home; the gathered meal must honor Christ and His body without partiality or contempt.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000What, have ye not houses to eat and to 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611What? 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901What, have ye not houses to eat and to 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752What, have you no houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly ofGod, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this [point] I do not praise.
Context
This verse completes Paul’s initial rebuke by contrasting appropriate private eating with the sacred assembly. The severe tone paves the way for positive instruction. In verses 23–25, Paul will recall what he “received of the Lord” about the Supper’s institution, moving from their misuse to Christ’s meaning. That remembrance will ground the following assertion (verse 26) that the Supper proclaims the Lord’s death and will transition to warnings against unworthy participation (verses 27–34).
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 20:28
Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
- 1 Timothy 3:15
but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
- James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
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