1 Corinthians 11:22 BSB

1 Corinthians 11:22

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!

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrosiaster

COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES (384)

The false apostles had sown divisions among them so that they were possessive of their offerings. Although they were all blessed with one and the same prayer, those who had not offered or who had nothing to offer were covered with shame and did not …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Have ye not houses to eat and drink your common meals in? or do ye despise the church of God - Of which the poor are both the larger and the better part.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Common meals may be managed after a common manner, but religious feasts should be attended religiously. Note, also, It is a heinous evil, and severely to be censured, for Christians to treat their fellow-christians with contempt and insolence, but especially at the Lord's table. This is doing what they can to pour contempt on divine ordinances.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? - They should have taken their ordinary meal at home, and have come together in the church to celebrate the Lord’s Supper.

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μὴ	mē	Surely not	G3361 →
γὰρ	gar	indeed	G1063 →
οἰκίας	oikias	houses	G3614 →
οὐκ	ouk	surely	G3756 →
ἔχετε	echete	you have	G2192 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
τὸ	to	which	G3588 →
ἐσθίειν	esthiein	to eat	G2068 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πίνειν;	pinein	to drink?	G4095 →
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἐκκλησίας	ekklēsias	church	G1577 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
καταφρονεῖτε	kataphroneite	do you despise	G2706 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
καταισχύνετε	kataischunete	put to shame	G2617 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	nothing	G3361 →
ἔχοντας;	echontas	having?	G2192 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
εἴπω	eipō	shall I say	G2036 →
ὑμῖν;	humin	to you	G4771 →
ἐπαινέσω	epainesō	shall I praise	G1867 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τούτῳ;	toutō	this?	G3778 →
οὐκ	ouk	Not	G3756 →
ἐπαινῶ.	epainō	I praise [you]!	G1867 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 20:28
Keep 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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:2–3
  Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- 1 Timothy 4:16
  Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Isaiah 40:11
  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- 1 Timothy 3:2
  An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Through
1 Timothy 3:15
in 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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 2:21–22
  In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
Through
Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
leads to
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Corinthians