17But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.


In Context

14 Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

16 But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's assemblies.

17 But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

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

19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

1 Corinthians 11:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:17In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:17Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:17But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17But in prescribing to you on this which I now enter on, I do not praise, namely, that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:17But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17Now in this that I declare to you, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17Now in this that I declare to you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.