King James Version

1 Corinthians 11:18

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῇ) before assembly here.

πρῶτονprōtonfirst of allπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first of all”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.first of allμὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.συνερχομένωνsunerchomenōncome togetherσυνέρχομαι (sunerchomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “come together”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4905I come or go with, accompany; I come together, assemble.come togetherὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiachurchἐκκλησίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “church”, the to- or for-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the churchἀκούωakouōI hearἀκούωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.I hearσχίσματαschismatadivisionsσχίσμα (schisma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “divisions”, the object formG4978a rent, as in a garment; a division, dissention.divisionsἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.youὑπάρχεινhuparcheinto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active infinitive — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμέροςmerosI partlyμέροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “I partly”, the object formG3313a part, portion, share.I partlyτιtiitτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “it”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.itπιστεύωpisteuōto trustπιστεύωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to trust”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],

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American Standard Version (1901)

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.

Young’s Literal Translation

for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],

World English Bible

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

Darby Translation

For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit [to it].

Douay-Rheims

For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it.

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