“... But the community conflict that Paul diagnoses in ch. 11 is particularly relevant to Vis. 3.9 [17]. [...] Instead of coming “to eat the feast of the Lord” (κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν, v. 21) together, Paul claims that individuals of means eat in the Corinthian house churches apart from the poor. Given the disparity in members’ wealth, such Christians feed themselves to excess while the poor remain famished (v. 21). [...] The Lady’s statements to Hermas about his community at Rome have multiple things in common with Paul’s statements to the Corinthians. In both Vis. 3.9 [17] and 1 Corinthians, we find, for example, (1) diagnosis of divisions in the Christian community; (2) attributing the divisions to both a lack of sharing between rich and poor and, more specifically, an overindulgence on the part of the rich; and (3) linking the misbehavior and the dissensions it causes to judgment. ...”