Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 11:22
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. Do ye act thus in designed contempt of them?
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. Do ye act thus in designed contempt of them?
Verse 22. _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. _DESPISE YE THE CHUR...
WHAT! - This whole verse is designed to convey the language of severe rebuke for their having so grossly perverted the design of the Lord’s Supper. HAVE YE NOT HOUSES ... - Do you not know that the ch...
II. THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST: CHAPTER S 11-14 1. Headship, and the Position of Woman. The Lord's Supper. CHAPTER 11. _ 1. The Headship of Christ and of the Man; Position of Woman. (1 Corinthi...
1 Corinthians 11:7. THE DESECRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. Paul feels that in one respect he must restrict his praise. Their meetings damage rather than profit them. He cannot help believing part of wh...
THE LIMITS OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM (1 Corinthians 10:23-33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1) 11:1 All things are allowed to me, but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed, but all things do not buil...
When I give you this instruction, I am not praising you, because when you meet together it is actually doing you more harm than good. Firstly, I hear that when you meet together in assembly, there are...
WHAT? HAVE YE NOT. For is it (Greek. _me,_ introducing the question) that ye have not (Greek. _ou)_. SHAME. Greek. _kataischuno._ Same as in 1 Corinthians 11:4. WHAT SHALL. SAY, &C. Figure of speech...
_have ye not houses to eat and to drink in?_ i.e. If all you came together for were to satisfy your own hunger, you might just as well eat and drink at home. But the Lord's Supper was instituted for a...
Disorders at the Lord's Supper 17. _Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not_ St Paul was able to praise the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 11:2) for their attention to the injunctions he had...
DISORDERS AT THE LORD’S SUPPER...
ΜῊ ΓᾺΡ ΟἸΚΊΑΣ ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΧΕΤΕ. The force of this construction is most nearly represented by FOR YOU DO NOT MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE NO HOUSES TO EAT AND DRINK IN, unless with some we regard γάρ in the lig...
_THE LORD'S SUPPER MADE INTO A COMMON MEAL 1 CORINTHIANS 11:17-22:_ The main thing in the Christian life is to keep our focus on the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. This is accomplished through the L...
ΜΉ (G3361) используется в вопросе, на который ожидается ответ "нет": "не может быть, чтобы у вас не было домов, не так ли?" ΈΣΘΊΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΈΣΘΊΩ (G2068) есть, ΠΊΝΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf....
SHALL I PRAISE YOU, &C.— The Apostle plainly refers here to what he had said 1 Corinthians 11:2 where he _praised_ them for _remembering_ him in all things, and for retaining what he had delivered to...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Oneness, a Requirement for Godly Worship (1 Corinthians 11:17-34) 17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for...
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. WHAT! - Greek...
21 The phrase..the Lord's _ supper_ " is misleading. Supper denotes an _ evening _ meal, but the word here employed has no such significance, though its first observance was at night. The word denotes...
11:22 not? (h-25) Or 'nothing' or 'none.'...
DISORDERS IN WORSHIP _2-16. (c) The Veiling of Women in Church_ 2. Now I praise you] This v. introduces the two following sections. The Apostle begins by praising them, perhaps echoing words from the...
PARAPHRASE. 'I wrote of praising you for keeping my ordinances, but I cannot praise you with regard to your Church meetings, which, as now conducted, do you more harm than good. (18) First I hear of t...
HAVE YE NOT HOUSES] cp. 1 Corinthians 11:34. DESPISE YE THE CHURCH OF GOD] i.e. by thinking only of yourselves, and not of the welfare of the whole household of God. THEM THAT HAVE NOT (RV 'nothing')]...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. PROBLEMS ABOUT *WORSHIP 11:2-34 1. MEN AND WOMEN IN *WORSHIP 11:2-16 V2 I praise you because...
WHAT? HAVE YE NOT HOUSES ...? — Better, _Surely it is not that you have no houses to eat and drink in?_ This cannot be the explanation of their conduct, for they have houses in which they can enjoy th...
CHAPTER 17 ABUSE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER IN this paragraph of his letter Paul speaks of an abuse which can scarcely be credited, still less tolerated, in our times. The most sacred of all Christian ordi...
μὴ γὰρ οἰκίας οὐκ ἔχετε κ. τ. λ.; “For is it that you have not houses to eat and drink in?” See 1 Corinthians 11:34, and note. The γὰρ brings in an ironical excuse: “For I suppose you act thus because...
§ 37. THE CHURCH MEETING FOR THE WORSE. The Cor [1665] Church had written self-complacently, expecting the Apostle's commendation upon its report (1 Corinthians 11:2). In reply P. has just pointed out...
UNITY AND ORDER IN PUBLIC ASSEMBLY 1 Corinthians 11:11 The _power_ on a woman's head in 1 Corinthians 11:10 probably refers to the veil or covering which the Grecian woman assumed at marriage as the...
Another Corinthian question concerned the position of woman and her true attitude in the exercise of divinely bestowed gifts. He declared that woman's true position is subservience to man. The nature...
Problems In Coming Together Paul thought the very act of Christians coming together should encourage unity and spiritual development. Paul said the Corinthians were failing in that and reprimanded the...
(17) 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. (17) The...
“Have ye not then 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 point, I praise you not.” One feels...
VIII. DISORDERS IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. 11:17-34. The disorder which Paul has just described and combated was a small matter in comparison with that to which he now passes. The style...
(17) Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. (18) For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
22._Have ye not houses _? From this we see that the Apostle was utterly dissatisfied with this custom of feasting, even though the abuse formerly mentioned had not existed. For, though it seems allowa...
Observe here the way in which the apostle grounded his replies with regard to details on the highest and fundamental principles. This is the manner of Christianity (compare Titus 2:10-14). He introduc...
WHAT? HAVE YE NOT HOUSES TO EAT AND DRINK IN?.... This shows that one taking his supper before another, was not in their own houses, before they came to the place of divine worship, but in the house o...
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. Ver. 22. _What...
_When ye come together therefore_ In such a manner as you do; _into one place_ Under pretence of celebrating the holy ordinance of the eucharist, and have such strife and contention among you, and act...
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. The matter which...
Unseemly behavior in public worship:...
Chapter s 11 to 14 no longer consider the question of testimony or conduct as before the world, but rather the conduct, order, unity that is becoming in the Assembly, the body of Christ. Yet this is i...
THEM THAT HAVE NOT?: Or, them that are poor...
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. SAY TO YOU? SHALL. PRAISE YOU? IN THIS. PRAISE YOU NOT. 'What, have...
17-22 The apostle rebukes the disorders in their partaking of the Lord's supper. The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, will be apt to make us worse. If the use of them does not men...
WHAT? HAVE YE NOT HOUSES TO EAT AND TO DRINK IN? Hence evidently appears, that these love feasts were kept in the place where the assembly met for the public worship of God; for the apostle would have...
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. [Litotes f...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III Such ought those who are consecrated to Christ appear, and frame themselves in their whole life, as they fashion themselves in the church[152]...
1 Corinthians 11:22 What G1063 Do G2192 not G3378 have G2192 (G5719) houses G3614 eat G2068 (G5721) a
APPROACH TO WORSHIP (11:2-14:40). We now move on to a section which deals with the Christian approach to worship in the light of the particular problems of the Corinthian church. Chapter 11 covers the...
CRITICISMS AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE LORD'S SUPPER IN CHURCH WORSHIP (11:17-33). But Paul's dissatisfaction goes beyond just the covering of the hair and lack of restraint while praying and...
'What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise the church of God, and put those to shame who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.'...
The immediate object of this section is to denounce certain gross disorders in the celebration of this ordinance which had crept into the Corinthian church; but this gives occasion to so comprehensive...
1 Corinthians 11:22. HAVE YE NOT HOUSES TO EAT AND TO DRINK IN? OR DESPISE YE THE CHURCH OF GOD? emphatically so named here, as in 1 Corinthians 11:16, to express the affront put upon God Himself, reg...
WHAT? HAVE YE NOT HOUSES? (Μη γαρ οικιας ουκ εχετε;) The double negative (μη--ουκ) in the single question is like the idiom in 1 Corinthians 9:4 which see. Μη expects a negative answer while ουκ neg...
1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another i...
1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper, and one is hungry, and another i...
1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another i...
1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper._ Merely meeting together, each person bringing his or her own portion of bread and wine, an...
1 Corinthians 11:18. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they whic...
The members of the church at Corinth abounded in gifts, and therefore they thought it meet for each one to speak to edification. They had no pastoral oversight whatever; acting, in this respect, like...
CONTENTS: Christian order and the Lord's supper. Meaning of the Lord's table. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Lord's supper is a memorial of His finished atonement, a parable of His pr...
1 Corinthians 11:2. _Keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you._ The apostle mentions these twice to the Thessalonians, and nearly in the same words. 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6
DON'T YOU HAVE YOUR OWN HOMES? It is plain from Jude 1:12 that Paul is not here condemning "eating in the church building." What he condemns is the fact that they split up into groups and so distort t...
_Now … I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse._ UNPROFITABLE PUBLIC WORSHIP I. When do we come together, not for the better, but for the worse? This may be kno...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:17 The Corinthians were using their gatherings around the Lord’s Table as occasions to make social distinctions between rich and poor. Paul is profoundly trouble...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:2 Divisions over Corporate Worship. Paul addresses issues related to the Corinthians’ behavior in worship....
CHAPTER 11 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER The Apostle proceeds to deal with the third point put before him, that of the veiling of women; for the Corinthians had asked of S. Paul whether or no women ought t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ NEW TOPIC: THE LORD’S SUPPER AND THE LOVE-FEASTS 1 Corinthians 11:17.—_Backward_ reference: _the directions just given_, and the general praise of 1 Corinthians 11:2, are not to be t...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 FOLLOWERS OF ME; rather, _imitators of me; _follow herein my example, as I follow Christ's. What Christ's example was, in that he too "pleased not himself," he sets for...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to I Corinthians 11. Paul here in the first verse said, Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1). In the previous verse he spoke about h...
1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 11:34; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Timothy 3:15;...
Them that have not. Not, that have not houses, but absolutely, the poor. In thus shaming their poorer comrades they imitated the heathen. Xenophon relates of Socrates that, at feasts of contribution,...
THE LORD'S SUPPER 1 Corinthians 11:20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Circumstances under which the Supper was inaugurated. 1. Christ knew He would die. 2. After the Passover passed away the Supper came in....
A twofold sense and interpretation is given of these words, Some paraphrase them thus; What! must you make the house of God the place of your feasting? If you be disposed for mirth and jollity, have y...