1 Corinthians 11:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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 love that is hidden.

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.

Romans 13:3

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:

1 Corinthians 11:2

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

1 Corinthians 11:20

When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper:

1 Corinthians 11:22

What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

1 Corinthians 11:34

If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgement. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.

1 Corinthians 14:23

If therefore the whole church be assembled together, and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

1 Corinthians 14:26

What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

Hebrews 10:25

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

1 Peter 2:14

or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.