1 Corinthians 11:17 “In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your…”

1 Corinthians 11:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“I praise”

1 Corinthians 11:22 1 Peter 2:14 1 Corinthians 11:2 Leviticus 19:17 Proverbs 27:5 Romans 13:3

1 Corinthians 11:22 · BSB

Don’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!

1 Peter 2:14 · BSB

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

1 Corinthians 11:2 · BSB

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

Leviticus 19:17 · BSB

You 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.

Proverbs 27:5 · BSB

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

Romans 13:3 · BSB

For 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.

“that ye”

Hebrews 10:25 1 Corinthians 14:23 Isaiah 58:1–4 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 11:20 1 Corinthians 11:34

Hebrews 10:25 · BSB

Let 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 Corinthians 14:23 · BSB

So 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?

Isaiah 58:1–4 · BSB

“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.

1 Corinthians 14:26 · BSB

What 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 11:20 · BSB

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

1 Corinthians 11:34 · BSB

If 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

18First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

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