1 Corinthians 11:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Now in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because when you gather together, it is not for the better but for the worse.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} in giving you this{G5124} charge,{G3853} I praise{G1867} you not,{G3756} that{G3754} ye come together{G4905} not{G3756} for{G1519} the better{G2909} but{G235} for{G1519} the worse.{G2276}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now{G1161} in this{G5124} that I declare{G3853}{(G5723)} unto you I praise{G1867}{(G5719)} you not{G3756}, that{G3754} ye come together{G4905}{(G5736)} not{G3756} for{G1519} the better{G2909}, but{G235} for{G1519} the worse{G2276}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    This I warne you of and commende not that ye come to gedder: not after a better maner but after a worsse.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But this must I warne you of: I commende it not, that ye come together not after a better maner but after a worse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nowe in this that I declare, I prayse you not, that ye come together, not with profite, but with hurt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    This I warne you of, and commende not, that ye come together, not after a better maner, but after a worse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Lord’s Supper Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 11:22 : 22 What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will set the rest in order when I come.
  • 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 Therefore, if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?
  • 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you.
  • Heb 10:25 : 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
  • 1 Pet 2:14 : 14 Or to governors, as to those who are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
  • 1 Cor 11:20 : 20 When you come together therefore in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.
  • 1 Cor 14:26 : 26 How is it then, brethren? When you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
  • Isa 1:13-14 : 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them.
  • Isa 58:1-4 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice and take delight in approaching God. 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors. 4 Behold, you fast for strife and debate and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high.
  • Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
  • Rom 13:3 : 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

    20 When you come together therefore in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.

    21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

    22 What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

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    16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

  • 1 Cor 1:10-12
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    10 Now I plead with you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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    29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the Lord’s body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.

    30 For this reason, many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

    31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.

    32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

    33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

    34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will set the rest in order when I come.

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    19 Again, do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ, but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edification.

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    17 For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified.

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    17 Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.

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    13 For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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    4 For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal?

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    17 That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as if foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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    6 And these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, so that none of you be puffed up for one against another.

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    18 Now some are puffed up as though I were not coming to you.

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    4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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    26 How is it then, brethren? When you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

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    2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you.

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    10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord has given me for edification, and not for destruction.

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    11 For he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

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    9 I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

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    16 Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

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    6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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    11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also do.

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    13 For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;