A Divided Table

17But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

18For, in the first place, when you come together in assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and in part I believe it.

19For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may also become evident among you.

20Therefore, when you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper,

21For each one goes ahead with his own supper when it is time to eat, and one is hungry while another gets drunk.

22For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? In this I do not praise you.