1 Corinthians 11:22

Don't you have your own homes? It is plain from Jude 1:12 that Paul is not here condemning "eating in the church building." What he condemns is the fact that they split up into groups and so distort the very purpose of the fellowship meal and the Lord's Supper. Despise the church of God. This causes problems only because our English language uses church to mean "the building in which you worship." If you will substitute group for church, you will get the correct meaning. Lipscomb says: "If they had a feast in public, brotherly love for each other would have suggested a common table at which all would have fared alike, and as a consequence those without food at home would have had their wants supplied. The course pursued caused shame to the poor and left them hungry." See note on 1 Corinthians 11:33.