![]() ![]() What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you” (1 Corinthians 11:20-22).Īfter rebuking the church at Corinth for its conduct and showing it that taking such a communal meal is not the Lord’s Supper, the apostle went on to clarify what the Lord’s Supper really is. ![]() For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others and one is hungry and another is drunk. This is clear from the following passage of Scripture: “Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. Paul therefore wrote to the church to clarify and set the matter right. Since there are many false concepts and doctrines about this ordinance, it is appropriate to clarify what the Bible really teaches about it.Īpparently there were misunderstandings in the church at Corinth about the Lord’s Supper and its meaning, and something else had been introduced during the absence of the apostle Paul or something else had been added to the ordinance as communicated to the church by Paul that did not belong to it. The observance of the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper is clearly taught in the New Testament. ![]()
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