ISB ~ 1 Corinthians 11 v34

let him eat at home:Implies that the preliminary fellowship meal is not an essential part of the liturgy (11:22). Diff

iculties like those experienced in Corinth led the early Church eventually to separate eucharistic worship from the context of common meals. I will give directions: Paul’s written instructions are merely a preface to the oral instructions he hopes to give when he arrives (4:19-21).