Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
But as I am giving you these instructions I cannot approve of your meetings, because they do not turn out for the better but for the worse.
New American Standard Bible
But in giving this instruction,
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.
Holman Bible
Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
International Standard Version
Now I am not praising you in giving you the following instructions. When you gather, it is not for the better but for the worse.
A Conservative Version
Now in this that is commanded, I do not praise you, because ye do not assemble 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.
Amplified
But in giving this next instruction, I do not praise you, because when you meet together it is not for the better but for the worse.
An Understandable Version
But in giving you these instructions, I have a criticism to make [about you people]. It is that your assemblies are doing more harm than good.
Anderson New Testament
But I praise you not in this, which I now mention, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse.
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.
Common New Testament
But in the following instructions, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Now in what I am going to say, I do not commend you, because your assemblies are not to your advantage, but to your prejudice.
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.
Godbey New Testament
And proclaiming this, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Goodspeed New Testament
But while I am on this subject, I cannot approve of your meetings, because they are doing you more harm than good.
John Wesley New Testament
But in this which I declare, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
Julia Smith Translation
And this announcing I approve not, that not for the better come ye together, but for the worse.
King James 2000
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But in giving this instruction I do not praise [you], because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Modern King James verseion
But in enjoining this, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This I warn you of, and commend not that ye come together: not after a better manner but after a worse.
Moffatt New Testament
But in giving you the following injunction I cannot commend you; for you are the worse, not the better, for assembling together.
Montgomery New Testament
But in giving you the following instructions, I cannot praise you; your solemn assemblies do more harm than good.
NET Bible
Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
New Heart English Bible
But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Noyes New Testament
But I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
Sawyer New Testament
But I tell you this, not to praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
The Emphasized Bible
But, in giving you the following charge, I praise you not, - in that, not for the better, but for the worse, ye come together.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But in the matter I am going to denounce, I do not commend you, that ye meet together not for the better, but for the worse.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good.
Webster
Now in this that I declare to you, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
Weymouth New Testament
But while giving you these instructions, there is one thing I cannot praise--your meeting together, with bad rather than good results.
World English Bible
But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Worrell New Testament
But, in giving this charge, I praise you not; because, not for the better, but for the worse, do ye come together.
Worsley New Testament
But whilst I am declaring this, I do not commend you, that ye assemble together not for the better, but for the worse.
Youngs Literal Translation
And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;
Interlinear
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 11:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Improper Conduct At The Lord's Supper
16 But if anyone is inclined to be contentious about it, I for my part prescribe no other practice than this, and neither do the churches of God. 17 But as I am giving you these instructions I cannot approve of your meetings, because they do not turn out for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques among you, and I partly believe it.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:2
I prize and praise you for always remembering me and for firmly standing by the teachings as I passed them on to you.
1 Corinthians 11:22
It is not that you have no houses to eat and drink in, is it? Or, are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God and trying to humiliate those who have no houses? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? No, I cannot praise you for this.
1 Corinthians 11:34
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring on you judgment. I will settle in detail the matters that remain, when I come.
1 Corinthians 14:23
Hence, if the whole church has met and everybody speaks in ecstasy, and illiterate people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy?
1 Corinthians 14:26
Then what is our conclusion, brothers? When you meet together, everybody has a song, something to teach, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one. It must all be for the upbuilding of all.
Hebrews 10:25
Let us stop neglecting our meeting together, as some do, but let us continue to encourage one another, and all the more because you see that the great day is drawing near.
1 Peter 2:14
and to governors as sent by Him to punish those who do evil and to reward those who do right.
Romans 13:3
For civil authorities are not a terror to the man who does right, but they are to the man who does wrong. Do you want to have no dread of the civil authorities? Then practice doing right and you will be commended for it.
1 Corinthians 11:20
So when you hold your meetings, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,