1 Corinthians 11:17

In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good.

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In The 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.

In Context

16If, however, anyone still thinks it right to contest the point – well, we have no such custom, nor have the churches of God.

18To begin with, I am told that when you meet together as a church there are divisions among you. In part I believe this,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:2I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them on you.

1 Corinthians 11:22Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.

1 Corinthians 14:23So, when the whole church meets, if all present use the gift of ‘tongues,’ and some people who are without the gift, or who are unbelievers, come in, will not they say that you are mad?

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:2-17

Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head… Read the whole commentary →

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