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1 Corinthians 11:17 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 17
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.1 Corinthians 11:17 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 11:17 in context
15But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
16But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togethersynerchomaito come together, to assemble, of conjugal cohabitation, to go or come with one, to…G4905 →
- declareparangellōto transmit a message along from one to another, to declare, announce, to command, order…G3853 →
- praiseepaineōto approve, to praiseG1867 →
- betterkreittōnmore useful, more serviceable, more advantageous, more excellentG2909 →
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In this passage the apostle sharply rebukes them for much greater disorders than the former, in their partaking of the Lord's supper, which was commonly done in the first ages, as the ancients tell us, with a love-feast annexed, which gave occasion to the scandalous disorders which the apostle here reprehends,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-22