1 Corinthians 11:26

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

The Teachings of Nature 1Co 11:14 The Apostle is speaking about a particular subject; it is of no interest to us: but the principle which he lays down is of perpetual value and application. I wish to lure you into two or three simple admissions. The church in which we assemble built itself. I want you to admit that simple statement to be true. No human hand touched it; whether it came down, or whether it rose up from the earth, it is impossible to say; but precisely as it now stands it was... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

(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 divisions among you; and I partly believe it. (19) For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. (20) When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's Supper. (21) For in eating everyone taketh before other his... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

23-34 The apostle describes the sacred ordinance, of which he had the knowledge by revelation from Christ. As to the visible signs, these are the bread and wine. What is eaten is called bread, though at the same time it is said to be the body of the Lord, plainly showing that the apostle did not mean that the bread was changed into flesh. St. Matthew tells us, our Lord bid them all drink of the cup, ch. Matthew 26:27, as if he would, by this expression, provide against any believer being... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:1-99

1Co 11 THE FRESH PARAGRAPH begins with verse 1Co_11:2 , which stands in very direct contrast with verse 17. The Apostle had referred to the institution of the Lord’s Supper in 1Co 10.0 , as we have seen; and there had been grave disorders in connection with it, demanding very heavy censure. However there were certain matters as to which he could praise them. So first he utters a word of praise. Certain “ordinances,” or “directions,” had been given to them, and they had remembered Paul and... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Corinthians 11:26-29

Worthy and unworthy communicants: v. 26. For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till He come. v. 27. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. v. 28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. v. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning" the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

B. On the contrast between the rich and poor at church-feasts, as inconsistent with the idea of the Lord’s Supper, and provocative of the Divine judgments1 Corinthians 11:17-34 17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not [But this I command you, not praising you, παραγγέλλω οὐκ ἐπαινῶν],11 that ye come together not for thebetter, but for the worse. 18For first of all, when ye come together in the church [a public assembly, ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ]12 I hear that there be divisions among you;... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

Observing the Lord’s Supper 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 There was much disorder in the Corinthian church, because the love-feast, which preceded the Holy Supper, was the scene of riot and conviviality, of ostentation and jealousy. In the love-feast of the early Church each brought his own supply of food, which was put into a common stock and shared by all alike; but at Corinth each family or group retained their own provisions, and a great distinction was thus made between rich and poor. This... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

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 of that subservience, however, the apostle was also very careful to indicate. God is equal with Christ. God co-operates with Christ. God is the Head of Christ. Then follows a touch of purely local color. The women in Corinth itself, whose heads were shaven and went uncovered, were women of shame.... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:26

‘TILL HE COME’‘For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till He come.’ 1 Corinthians 11:26 So St. Paul sums up his teaching about Holy Communion. He has shown that this sacred ordinance is in no way left to man’s ideas or fancies, either in its origin or mode of celebration. He has told us its source, whence it comes. Our warrant is Christ’s own institution. It is a memorial feast designed not by man but by the Lord Himself, Who knows our needs. It is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:2-34

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 question of the covering or uncovering of the head in praying and prophesying, and its significance, followed by problems arising at the Christian love feasts and the Lord's Table, including the divisions caused by those problems. Note that it is all about problems arising from un-Christian... read more

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