1 Corinthians 11:18
“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.”
King James Version (KJV)
Other Translations of 1 Corinthians 11:18
“For first of all when yee come together in the Church, I heare that there be diuisions among you, and I partly beleeue it.”King James Version (1611) -
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“For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.”New American Standard Version (1995)
“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.”American Standard Version (1901)
“For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.”Basic English Bible
“For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit [to it].”Darby Bible
“For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it. ”Douay Rheims Bible
“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. ”Webster's Bible
“for, in the first place, when you meet as a Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.”Weymouth Bible
“For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.”World English Bible
“First for whanne ye comen togidere in to the chirche, Y here that discenciouns ben, and in parti Y bileue.”Wycliffe Bible
“for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],”Youngs Literal Bible
Ben Weaver's comment on 2010-11-29 16:38:38:
Since Paul is supportive of unity and very opposed to divisions elsewhere in his writings, I tend to look for his disapproval here also. He has just written "I praise you not", and imediatly afterward he is also negative, saying "This is not to eat the Lords supper". So, it seems most likely that the "approved ones" is referring to approval by the sect rather than approval by God. Their grouping made it obvious which ones were favored. Maybe this was even noticable during their suppers which caused their gathering to worsen their lives rather than improve them. May our Lord grant his wisdom.
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