1 Corinthians 11:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But in what I instruct [you] next I do not commend [you], because when you meet together, it is not for the better but for the worse.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Now I don’t praise you as I give the following instruction because when you meet together, it does more harm than good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now I caution you, without praising, about this: that you assemble together, and not for better, but for worse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Corinthians 11:17 Cross References

Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Leviticus 19:17

“You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.

Romans 13:3

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct but to bad. Do you wish to have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive its approval,

1 Corinthians 11:2

I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I handed them on to you.

1 Corinthians 11:20

When you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s supper.

1 Corinthians 11:22

What! Do you not have households to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this matter I do not commend you!

1 Corinthians 11:34

If you are hungry, eat at home, so that when you come together, it will not be for your condemnation. About the other things I will give instructions when I come.

1 Corinthians 14:23

If, therefore, the entire church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

1 Corinthians 14:26

What should be done then, my brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

Hebrews 10:25

not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

1 Peter 2:14

or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.