1 COR 11:20 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
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ULT So then, your coming together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.

UST Because of these divisions, you are not actually eating the Lord’s Supper when you gather as fellow believers together to eat.

BLB Therefore, of you coming together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.

AICNT Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,

OEB When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s Supper;

WEBBE When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper.

LSV you, then, coming together at the same place—it is not to eat the LORD’s Dinner;

FBV When you meet together you're not really celebrating the Lord's Supper at all.

TCNT Now when you come together, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.

T4T When you gather together, you [IRO] eat the meal that you say is to remember the death of the Lord Jesus for us.

LEB Therefore, when[fn] you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

11:20 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“come together”)

BBE But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

Moff But this makes it impossible for you to eat the "Lord's" supper when you hold your gatherings.

Wymth When, however, you meet in one place, there is no eating the Supper of the Lord;

ASV When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:

DRA When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord’s supper.

YLT ye, then, coming together at the same place — it is not to eat the Lord's supper;

Drby When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper.

RV When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:
(When therefore ye/you_all assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper: )

SLT Therefore ye coming together upon the same, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

Wbstr When therefore ye come together in one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.

KJB-1769 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
(When ye/you_all come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. )

KJB-1611 When yee come together therefore into one place, this is [fn]not to eate the Lords Supper.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

11:20 Or, ye cannot eate.

Bshps When ye come together therfore into one place, you can not eate the Lordes supper:
(When ye/you_all come together therefore into one place, you cannot eat the Lords supper:)

Gnva When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eate the Lords Supper.
(When ye/you_all come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lords Supper. )

Cvdl Now whan ye come together, the LORDES supper can not be kepte. For whan it shulde be kepte, euery ma taketh his awne supper afore.
(Now when ye/you_all come together, the LORDS supper cannot be kept. For when it should be kept, every man taketh/takes his own supper afore.)

TNT When ye come to gedder a man cannot eate the lordes supper.
(When ye/you_all come together a man cannot eat the lords supper. )

Wycl Therfor whanne ye comen togidere in to oon, now it is not to ete the Lordis soper;
(Therefore when ye/you_all came together in to one, now it is not to eat the Lordis soper;)

Luth Wenn ihr nun zusammenkommet, so hält man da nicht des HErr’s Abendmahl.
(When you(pl)/their/her now comes_together, so holds man there not the LORD’s supper/dinner.)

ClVg Convenientibus ergo vobis in unum, jam non est Dominicam cœnam manducare.[fn]
(Concoming therefore to_you(pl) in/into/on one, already not/no it_is Mastercam dinner to_eat. )

11.20 Dominicam cœnam. Dominicam cœnam dicit acceptionem Eucharistiæ, quam non debent pransi sumere, vel mensis suis miscere, ut hi quos Apostolus arguit, sed jejuni, in honorem tanti sacramenti. Licet enim post cœnam discipulis suis dederit corpus et sanguinem suum, non tamen jam calumniandum est universæ Ecclesiæ, quod a jejunis semper sumitur. Nam Salvator quo vehementius commendaret mysterii hujus altitudinem, voluit hoc ultimum infigere cordibus et memoriæ eorum. Quo ordine autem post sumeretur, ab apostolis per quos ecclesias dispositurus erat, servavit docendum.

11.20 Mastercam dinner. Mastercam dinner he_says acceptancenem Eucharistiæ, how not/no they_should pransi to_take, or month to_his_own miscere, as these which Apostolus argues, but yeyuni, in/into/on honour so_much sacramenti. It’s_possible because after dinner students to_his_own will_give body and blood his_own, not/no nevertheless already calumniandum it_is of_the_universe Assemblies/Churches, that from yeyunis always sumitur. For/Surely Salvator where vehementius commendaret mysteries of_this height, wanted this last infigere hearts and memoriæ their. Where in_order however after to_taketur, away apostles through which assemblies/churches dispositurus was, he_kept teachndum.

UGNT συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, οὐκ ἔστιν Κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν.
(sunerⱪomenōn oun humōn epi to auto, ouk estin Kuriakon deipnon fagein.)

SBL-GNT συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ οὐκ ἔστιν κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν,
(sunerⱪomenōn oun humōn epi to auto ouk estin kuriakon deipnon fagein,)

RP-GNT Συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, οὐκ ἔστιν κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν.
(Sunerⱪomenōn oun humōn epi to auto, ouk estin kuriakon deipnon fagein.)

TC-GNT Συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, οὐκ ἔστι κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν.
(Sunerⱪomenōn oun humōn epi to auto, ouk esti kuriakon deipnon fagein. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 11:17–34: Eat the Lord’s Supper in the proper way

In this section Paul discussed some problems with how the believers in Corinth ate the Lord’s Supper. Some people started eating and did not wait for others to arrive. Some people ate too much while others had little or nothing.

Christians should eat the Lord’s Supper in order to remember the Lord Jesus. They should repent from sin before eating and drinking, and they should wait for everyone to arrive before beginning the Supper. If anyone is hungry, they should eat at home so that they do not come under judgment.

The celebration of the Lord’s Supper is also described in Matthew 26:26–28, Mark 14:22–24 and Luke 22:17–20.

Here are some other possible section headings:

How to observe/celebrate the Lord’s Supper

Instructions about the Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper should be honored

Paragraph 11:17–22

In this paragraph Paul scolded the Corinthians for divisions in the church, and for their greed while eating the Lord’s Supper.

11:20

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

When you^(plur) meet together, what you eat is not the Lord’s Supper,
When you eat the meal in honor of the Lord together, your behavior is not fitting for people who eat this meal,
When you eat together to remember the death of the Lord, you are not thinking about him,

Now then: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as Now then introduces a conclusion to Paul’s argument. There were divisions among the people, and so the meal they ate could not properly be called the Lord’s Supper. Many English versions do not translate this conjunction. Introduce this verse in a natural way in your language.

Here are some ways to translate the Greek conjunction:

So then (NIV11)

Now (NET)

when you come together: The phrase when you come together refers to times when the believers met together to worship as a church. It appears that at those times they celebrated the Lord’s Supper and also ate a meal together.

it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat: The people who gathered thought they were eating the Lord’s Supper. However, the way they behaved made this impossible. The way they were eating was different from what the Lord had planned, and the meal could not be considered to be the Lord’s Supper.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

your behavior is not fitting for people who eat the Lord's Supper

you are not really thinking about the Lord

it is as if you are not remembering the Lord at all

the Lord’s Supper: The phrase the Lord’s Supper refers to Holy Communion or the Eucharist. The word Lord’s refers to Jesus Christ.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

the meal of the Lord Jesus

the meal that is in honor of the Lord Jesus

when you eat together to remember the death of the Lord Jesus

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: συνερχομένων Οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπί τό αὐτό οὐκ ἐστίν Κυριακόν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν)

Here, So then introduces an inference or result from the “divisions” and “factions” mentioned in [11:18–19](../11/18.md). 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 (Some words not found in SR-GNT: συνερχομένων Οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπί τό αὐτό οὐκ ἐστίν Κυριακόν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν)

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 (Some words not found in SR-GNT: συνερχομένων Οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπί τό αὐτό οὐκ ἐστίν Κυριακόν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν)

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]

Parallel 1 COR 11:20

Section 11:17–34: Eat the Lord’s Supper in the proper way

Paragraph 11:17–22

11:20

Parallel 1 COR 11:20