The Israelites love sacrifices. {\cf2\super [82]} \par They offer the meat and eat it.\par The Lord does not accept their sacrifices.\par He remembers their sins.\par And he will punish them.\par They will be carried as prisoners to Egypt.\par
1 Corinthians 11:20 - Easy To Read Version When you all come together, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper. {\cf2\super [80]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So when you gather for your meetings, it is not the supper instituted by the Lord that you eat, American Standard Version (1901) When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper: Common English Bible So when you get together in one place, it isn’t to eat the Lord’s meal. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, when you assemble together as one, it is no longer in order to eat the Lord's supper. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper. |
The Israelites love sacrifices. {\cf2\super [82]} \par They offer the meat and eat it.\par The Lord does not accept their sacrifices.\par He remembers their sins.\par And he will punish them.\par They will be carried as prisoners to Egypt.\par
And when you ate and drank, was that for me? No! It was for your own good.
\{The believers continued to meet together.\} They used their time to learn the teaching of the apostles. {\cf2\super [45]} The believers shared with each other. They ate {\cf2\super [46]} together and prayed together.
The believers met together in the temple {\cf2\super [48]} yard every day. They all had the same purpose. They ate {\cf2\super [49]} together in their homes. They were happy to share their food and ate with joyful hearts.
In the things I tell you now I don’t praise you. Your meetings hurt you more than they help you.
(It is necessary for there to be differences among you. That is the way to make it clear which ones of you are really doing right.)
Why? Because when you eat, each person eats without waiting for the others. Some people don’t get enough to eat \{or drink\}, while other people \{have so much that they\} become drunk.
We should not quit meeting together. That’s what some people are doing. But we should \{meet together and\} encourage each other. You should do this more and more as you see the Day {\cf2\super [135]} coming.
These false teachers have made many people suffer. So they themselves will suffer. That is their pay for what they have done. These false teachers think it is fun to do evil things openly \{where all people can see\}. They enjoy the evil things that please them. So they are like dirty spots and stains among you—\{they bring shame to you\} in the meals that you eat together.