1 Corinthians 11:17

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

In other versions

But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.
ASV
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.
BBE
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.
DBY
But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
WEB
And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;
YLT
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that all of you come together not for the better, but for the worse.
ENG
Now in this that I declare to you, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
WBT
In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
BSB

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.