1 Corinthians 11:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 11:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 11:21 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 11:21 — KJV
“For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.”
— 1 Corinthians 11:21 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 11:21 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 11:21
“Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:21: every, one, other
“And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:21: one, before, other
“And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:21: eating, one, other
“All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:21: every, one, other
“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. fully persuaded: or, fully assured”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:21: every, one, other
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