1 Corinthians 11:17

But this I prescribe not as praising you, because you go not forward, but to the less you descend.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

16But if any man contendeth about these things, we have no such usage as this, neither the church of Aloha.

18For, first, when you are assembled in the church, there are divisions, (as) I hear, among you, and in some measure I believe.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:2But I commend you, my brethren, that in every thing you remember me; and that as I have delivered to you precepts, you hold them.

1 Corinthians 11:22What? have you not houses (in) which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of Aloha, and shame those who have nothing to eat? What do I say to you? Do I praise you in this? I praise you not.

1 Corinthians 14:23If then all the church be assembled, and all of you speak with tongues, and the ignorant, or those who believe not enter, will they not say you are insane?

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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