Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 11:19
There must be heresies — Divisions. Among you — In the ordinary course of things; and God permits them, that it may appear who among you are, and who are not, upright of heart.
There must be heresies — Divisions. Among you — In the ordinary course of things; and God permits them, that it may appear who among you are, and who are not, upright of heart.
Verse 19. _THERE MUST BE ALSO HERESIES_] αιρεσεις. Not a common _consent_ of the members of the Church, either in the _doctrines_ of the Gospel, or in the _ceremonies_ of the Christian religion. Thei...
FOR THERE MUST BE - It is necessary (δεῖ dei); it is to he expected; there are reasons why there should be. What these reasons are he states in the close of the verse; compare Matthew 18:7; 2 Peter 2...
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...
ALSO HERESIES. heresies also. HERESIES. sects. See Acts 5:17. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ APPROVED. Greek. _dokimos._ See Romans 14:18. BE MADE. become. This is the reason why divisions are...
_heresies Sects_, Tyndale. _Rotten_(i.e. factions), Luther. This word is variously translated in our version. In the Acts (Acts 5:17; Acts 15:5; Acts 24:5; Acts 28:22)
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...
ΔΕΙ͂ ΓᾺΡ ΚΑῚ ΑἹΡΈΣΕΙΣ. The turn of the sentence distinguishes αἱρέσεις from σχίσματα. The word αἵρεσις is variously translated in the A.V. It differs from the προαίρεσις of Aristotle (see _Nic. Eth._...
DISORDERS AT THE LORD’S SUPPER...
_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...
ΔΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΕΙ (G1163) безличное с _inf._, необходимо, выражает логическую необходимость, ΓΆΡ ΚΑΊ ибо также, ибо действительно (Kistemaker). ΑΪΡΕΣΙΣ (G139) разделение, расхождение во...
THERE MUST BE ALSO HERESIES— _There must be even heresies._ Hence it seems evident, that _heresy_ is spoken of as something worse than the _schisms_ or _divisions_ mentioned 1 Corinthians 11:18 but wh...
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...
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. HERESIES - not merely 'schisms,' "divisions" (), which are 'recent dissensions through differ...
32 It has been customary, in the study of "dispensational" truth, to divide the human race into "the Jew, the Gentile, and the church of God", and base the division on this passage. It is well, howeve...
11:19 sects (g-6) 'Schools' or 'parties' after a man's own opinion, as Galatians 5:20 ....
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...
THERE MUST BE ALSO HERESIES] cp. Matthew 18:7, 'It must needs be that offences come,' i.e. owing to human weakness and sinfulness. HERESIES] RM 'factions': cp. Galatians 5:20. The word (lit. 'choice,'...
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...
FOR THERE MUST BE ALSO HERESIES. — Better, _For there must be also sects._ There have been many attempts to explain where lies the difference between the “divisions” of the former verse and the “sects...
CHAPTER 16 THE VEIL AT this point of the Epistle Paul passes from the topics regarding which the Corinthians had requested him to inform them, to make some remarks on the manner in which, as he had h...
§ 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...
Paul is prepared to believe what he thus hears; these divisions were inevitable: “For indeed parties must needs exist among you”. δεῖ affirms a necessity lying in the moral conditions of the case (see...
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...
(16) For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are (f) approved may be made manifest among you. (16) Although schisms and heresies proceed from the devil, and are evil, yet they come...
There must be also heresies: By reason of the pride and perversity of man's heart; not by God's will or appointment; who nevertheless draws good out of this evil, manifesting, by that occasion, who ar...
“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 even be sects among you, that they which are approved may...
1 Corinthians 11:12-19 . The idea of the whole passage is this: The denial of the resurrection of the dead draws with it that of Christ's resurrection, and thereby gives the lie to the apostolic test...
When a Church is forming, or when in a Church already established a revival takes place, there is a sort of fascination exercised over a great number of individuals who adopt the gospel preaching, or...
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...
19._For there must be also heresies _He had previously spoken of _divisions _(1 Corinthians 11:18.) Now he uses the term _heresies_, with the view of amplifying the more, as we may infer, too, from th...
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...
FOR THERE MUST BE ALSO HERESIES AMONG YOU.... This is a reason why he was ready to believe there might be something of truth in the report he had received of the divisions among them; for if there wer...
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. Ver. 19. _There must be heresies_] Therefore much more schisms, which also, for the most part,...
_Now in this that I_ am about to _declare unto you, I praise you not_ I cannot commend some, as I have done others, (1 Corinthians 11:2,) for other things; _that ye come together_ Frequently, and even...
THERE MUST BE ALSO HERESIES; the word here means parties, divisions, sectaries. Such was human nature that these would exist; and one object of God in suffering them was, that it might be seen who wer...
Unseemly behavior in public worship:...
FOR THERE MUST BE ALSO HERESIES AMONG YOU, THAT THEY WHICH ARE APPROVED MAY BE MADE MANIFEST AMONG YOU....
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...
HERESIES: Or, sects...
FOR THERE MUST BE ALSO FACTIONS AMONG YOU, THAT THEY THAT ARE APPROVED MAY BE MADE MANIFEST AMONG YOU. 'For there must be' -'Paul isn't suggesting that God has determined that there be divisions in...
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...
THERE MUST BE; it is not simply and absolutely necessary that there should be such divisions amongst you, (they are caused from the free acts of men's corrupt wills), but yet these things do not fall...
For there must be [Luke 17:1; Matthew 18:7; Matthew 10:11] _also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you_. [A carnal spirit tends to division ...
Dialogue of Justin And, `There shall be schisms and heresies.'[89] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII Further, it is said that it is on account of "those that are approved that heresies exist....
1 Corinthians 11:19 For G1063 must G1163 (G5748) also G2532 be G1511 (G5750) factions G139 among G1722
'For there must be ('it is necessary for there to be') also factions among you, that those who are approved ('have stood the test') may be made manifest among you.' He now gives a further reason why h...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:19. FOR THERE MOST BE ALSO HERESIES AMONG YOU. The word signifies, first, a ‘taking' or ‘choice;' then, the thing chosen, and (in matters of judgment) an ‘opinion' or set of opinions:...
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...
MUST BE (δε εινα). Since moral conditions are so bad among you (cf. Chapter s 1 to 6). Cf. Matthew 18:7.HERESIES (αιρεσεις). The schisms naturally becomeFACTIONS orPARTIES . Cf. strifes (εριδε...
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
(NO DOUBT THERE MUST BE DIVISIONS.) Because of human nature, such things could not be avoided, but this did not make them right. However, by our reaction to such things, we demonstrate our faith and l...
_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 11:2 Divisions over Corporate Worship. Paul addresses issues related to the Corinthians’ behavior in worship....
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:19 THOSE WHO ARE GENUINE... MAY BE RECOGNIZED probably refers to those whose actions during the church’s controversy have revealed strong spiritual character (co...
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...
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 John 2:19; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Timothy 4:2; 2 Corinthians 13:5; 2
Heresies [α ι ρ ε σ ε ι ς]. See on 2 Peter 2:1. In Paul only here and Galatians 5:20. Better, parties or factions, as the result of the divisions....