1 Corinthians 11:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
  • Prov 17:5 : 5 The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
  • 1 Tim 3:5 : 5 But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
  • Jas 2:5-6 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
  • 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Women’s Head Coverings I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.
  • 1 Cor 11:17 : 17 The Lord’s Supper Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Cor 11:20-21
    2 verses
    82%

    20Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper.

    21For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

  • 1 Cor 11:17
    76%

    17The Lord’s Supper Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

  • 1 Cor 11:32-34
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    75%

    32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

    33So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

    34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

  • 1 Cor 11:26-30
    5 verses
    74%

    26For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

    27For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

    28A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

    29For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

    30That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

  • 1 Cor 5:10-12
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    10In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

    11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

    12For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

  • Rom 14:3
    72%

    3The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

  • 1 Cor 11:23
    71%

    23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

  • Zech 7:6
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    6And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”

  • 1 Cor 9:4
    71%

    4Do we not have the right to financial support?

  • Luke 10:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

    8Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

  • 2 Cor 11:7-8
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    7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

    8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

  • 1 Cor 5:2
    70%

    2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    69%

    4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

  • 1 Cor 10:30-32
    3 verses
    69%

    30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

  • 1 Cor 10:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

    16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

  • 2 Cor 12:13
    69%

    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

  • 1 Cor 10:27
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    27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
    69%

    7For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

  • 1 Cor 6:15
    69%

    15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

  • Rom 14:16
    69%

    16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

  • 1 Cor 10:21-22
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    68%

    21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

    22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

  • 1 Cor 10:7
    68%

    7So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

  • 2 Cor 11:20
    68%

    20For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

  • 1 Cor 4:11
    68%

    11To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
    68%

    8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

  • Rom 14:21
    68%

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

  • Amos 5:11
    68%

    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

  • 2 Thess 3:14
    68%

    14But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

  • 1 Cor 10:18
    68%

    18Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

  • Acts 11:3
    68%

    3saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

  • Jer 16:8
    68%

    8“‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

  • 1 Cor 6:5
    68%

    5I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?

  • 1 Cor 9:13
    68%

    13Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

  • 2 Thess 3:10
    68%

    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

  • 1 Cor 14:17
    68%

    17For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.