1 Corinthians 11:17

Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Surrounding context

11:16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

11:17 Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

11:18 For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

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