1 Corinthians 11:33

THE MESSAGE

So, my friends, when you come together to the Lord's Table, be reverent and courteous with one another. If you're so hungry that you can't wait to be served, go home and get a sandwich. But by no means risk turning this Meal into an eating and drinking binge or a family squabble. It is a spiritual meal—a love feast. The other things you asked about, I'll respond to in person when I make my next visit.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
So, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.

Revised Standard Version
So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another--

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Wherfore my brethren when ye come to gedder to eate tary one for another.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.

International Standard Version
Therefore, my brothers, when you gather to eat, wait for each other.

New American Standard Bible
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

New Century Version
So my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.

Update Bible Version
Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

English Standard Version
So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—

World English Bible
Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

Weymouth's New Testament
Therefore, brethren, when you come together for this meal, wait for one another.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor, my britheren, whanne ye comen togidere to ete, abide ye togidere.

English Revised Version
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

Berean Standard Bible
So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Contemporary English Version
My dear friends, you should wait until everyone gets there before you start eating.

Amplified Bible
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat [the Lord's Supper], wait for one another [and see to it that no one is left out].

American Standard Version
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

Bible in Basic English
So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

Complete Jewish Bible
So then, my brothers, when you gather together to eat, wait for one another.

Darby Translation
So that, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait for one another.

Etheridge Translation
Wherefore, my brethren, when you assemble to eat, wait for one another.

Murdock Translation
Wherefore, my Brethren, when ye assemble to eat, wait ye one for another.

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore my brethren, when ye come together to eate, tary one for another.

New Living Translation
So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord's Supper, wait for each other.

New Life Bible
Christian brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.

New Revised Standard
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eate, tary one for another.

George Lamsa Translation
Hereafter, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then, my brethren, - when ye come together for the eating, unto one another, be giving welcome: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore my brethren, when ye come together to eate, tary one for another.

Good News Translation
So then, my friends, when you gather together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for one another.

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, welcome one another.

King James Version
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

Lexham English Bible
So then, my brothers, when you come together in order to eat the Lord's supper, wait for one another.

Literal Translation
So that, my brothers, coming together to eat, wait for one another.

Young's Literal Translation
so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore my brethren, whan ye come together to eate, tary one for another.

Mace New Testament (1729)
wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, stay for one another.

New English Translation
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

New King James Version
Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Here, let me summarize this for you. When you gather together for the Lord's Supper, wait on each other to eat.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Legacy Standard Bible
So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Contextual Overview

²³Let me go over with you again exactly what goes on in the Lord's Supper and why it is so centrally important. I received my instructions from the Master himself and passed them on to you. The Master, Jesus, on the night of his betrayal, took bread. Having given thanks, he broke it and said, This is my body, broken for you. Do this to remember me. After supper, he did the same thing with the cup: This cup is my blood, my new covenant with you. Each time you drink this cup, remember me. What you must solemnly realize is that every time you eat this bread and every time you drink this cup, you reenact in your words and actions the death of the Master. You will be drawn back to this meal again and again until the Master returns. You must never let familiarity breed contempt. ²⁷Anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Master irreverently is like part of the crowd that jeered and spit on him at his death. Is that the kind of "remembrance" you want to be part of? Examine your motives, test your heart, come to this meal in holy awe. ²⁹If you give no thought (or worse, don't care) about the broken body of the Master when you eat and drink, you're running the risk of serious consequences. That's why so many of you even now are listless and sick, and others have gone to an early grave. If we get this straight now, we won't have to be straightened out later on. Better to be confronted by the Master now than to face a fiery confrontation later. ³³So, my friends, when you come together to the Lord's Table, be reverent and courteous with one another. If you're so hungry that you can't wait to be served, go home and get a sandwich. But by no means risk turning this Meal into an eating and drinking binge or a family squabble. It is a spiritual meal—a love feast. The other things you asked about, I'll respond to in person when I make my next visit.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Acts 20:7 - the disciples

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore, my brethren,.... Though he had said some very awful and awakening things to bring them to themselves, to reclaim them, and rectify disorders among them; yet he hoped well of them in general, and softens the severe things he had said, by calling them "brethren"; and hereby prepares them to attend to, and receive the more kindly, what he had further to say:

when ye come together to eat; that is, when ye come to the place of public worship at the usual stated time, in order to eat the Lord's supper, tarry one for another; do not begin to celebrate the ordinance until the church is met together in general, or at least till as many are got together as may be expected will come; for a church is not obliged to tarry for every individual person; nor can it be thought that every member can attend, there being various providences which may detain them: the apostle's view is to promote unity, Christian respect, and brotherly love in the ordinance; that they would sit down and join together, according to the rule of Christ, without respect to persons, or going into parties, factious, and divisions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When ye come together to eat - Professedly to eat the Lord’s Supper.

Tarry one for another - Do not be guilty of disorder, intemperance, and gluttony; see the note at 1 Corinthians 11:21. Doddridge understands this of the feast that he supposes to have preceded the Lord’s Supper. But the more obvious interpretation is, to refer it to the Lord’s Supper itself; and to enjoin perfect order, respect, and sobriety. The idea is, that the table was common for the rich and the poor; and that the rich should claim no priority or precedence over the poor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. When ye come together to eat — The Lord's Supper, tarry one for another-do not eat and drink in parties as ye have done heretofore; and do not connect it with any other meal.