17. But in giving you this instruction I do not praise you, for when you meet together it does more harm than good.
18. For first of all, when you come together as Messiah’s community, I hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it—
19. for there must be factions among you, so that those among you who are tried and true may be evident.
20. Therefore, when you meet together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper—
21. for each one takes his own supper beforehand, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.