Background for Communion – 1 Cor 21-22
Vs 21 – The Corinthians when they got together some of them have been having private dinners in the format of the church. The result was that people go hungry and others get drunk. The early church in Jerusalem had all things common and all were taken care of. Paul in Corinth could see the followers of Peter in one Corner, his followers in another and those that followed Apollos in another. A great advertisement for church unity. In the middle some poor chap who had no idea what is going on or refusing to play the game and ending up offending everybody.
Vs 22 – He states that they have houses to eat and drink in. By their present conduct they are humiliating the church and the poor. Paul was not going to praise them in this matter. This was the background for what Paul was going to talk about next, the importance and proper view of communion.
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