1 Corinthians 11:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.”

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BSBPD

“Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“ye, then, coming together at the same place--it is not to eat the Lord's supper;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 11:20 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
  2. Zechariah 7:6And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
  3. Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
  4. Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
  5. 1 Corinthians 11:17In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
  6. Hebrews 10:25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
  7. 2 Peter 2:13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
  8. Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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