For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Corinthians 11:18 in context
1 Corinthians 11:15–21
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But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
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But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.
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But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
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For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
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For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
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When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
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For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
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