OET interlinear 1COR 11:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

Here, So then introduces an inference or result from the “divisions” and “factions” mentioned in 11:18–19. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate So then to more clearly state what it draws an inference from. Alternate translation: “So then, since you have factions,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

συνερχομένων & ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ

coming_together & ˱of˲_you_all at the same_‹place›

Here Paul uses both come together and in one place to emphasize the physical unity of the Corinthians when they meet. He does this in order to contrast this physical unity with the disunity that their eating practices show. If your language does not use two similar phrases for emphasis like Paul does, then you can use just one phrase and indicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “when you are all together”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκ ἔστιν Κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν

not ˱it˲_is /the/_Lord's supper /to/_eat

Here Paul does not explicitly state that the Corinthians come together in order to eat the Lord’s Supper. However, he and the Corinthians would have understood this when he speaks about “coming together.” Paul’s point is that they think they are eating the Lord’s Supper, but what they are doing does not actually count as the Lord’s Supper. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state explicitly that the idea behind it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper is that the Corinthians thought that they were eating the Lord’s Supper, but Paul thinks that they are not. Alternate translation: “it is not the Lord’s Supper that you are eating” or “you think that you are eating the Lord’s Supper, but you are not”