1 Corinthians 11:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!”
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“Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“What? 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“What, 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“why, 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!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 11:22 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
- 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:17In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- 1 Timothy 3:5For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
- 1 Timothy 3:15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).