1 Corinthians 11:17-22

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 Lord's Supper. Divisions and heresies in the church at Corinth were hindering the proper observance of the Lord's Supper. Instead of making each other better by their assemblies the divisions in the church at Corinth were actually making things worse. Paul would not praise them because their coming together was for the worse, not the better.

Paul believed that some of the brethren in Corinth were acting just as the report had indicated. Others were approved because of their opposition to the heresies. Paul did not deny that the brethren had come together to commune, but under the present conditions it was impossible for them to do so. The brethren had mixed the Lord's Supper with a common meal. They would eat before others did and also leave others out of the meal and communion. The phrase "one is hungry, and another is drunken" is a contrast of fullness and hunger. The ones that felt like they would starve if they did not eat should have eaten at home before coming to the assembly. But instead of doing that they put to shame the poor among the brethren that had nothing to eat. They had forgotten what real love was all about.