1 Corinthians 11:17

In 9 translations

BSB

In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

But [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.

DRC

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

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Τοῦτο δὲ παραγγέλλων οὐκ ἐπαινῶ ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸ κρεῖσσον ἀλλὰ εἰς τὸ ἧσσον συνέρχεσθε.

RP2018

Τοῦτο δὲ παραγγέλλων οὐκ ἐπαινῶ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸ κρεῖττον ἀλλ’ εἰς τὸ ἧττον συνέρχεσθε.

TR-Boyd

Τοῦτο δὲ παραγγέλλων οὐκ ἐπαινῶ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸ κρεῖττον ἀλλ᾿ εἰς τὸ ἧττον συνέρχεσθε.

SCR1894

τουτο δε παραγγελλων ουκ επαινω οτι ουκ εις το κρειττον αλλ εις το ηττον συνερχεσθε

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 10:25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
• 1 Peter 2:14or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
• 1 Corinthians 14:23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
• 1 Corinthians 11:22Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!
• Isaiah 58:1–4“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation…
• Leviticus 19:17You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
• 1 Corinthians 14:26What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
• 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
• Jeremiah 7:9–10Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are…
• 1 Corinthians 11:20Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
• 1 Corinthians 11:34If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
• Isaiah 1:13–14Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They…
• Proverbs 27:5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
• Romans 13:3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

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