Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 11:17
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® Bible
But in what I instruct [you] next I do not commend [you], because when you meet together, it is not for the better but for the worse.
Contemporary English Version
Your worship services do you more harm than good. I am certainly not going to praise you for this.
Darby English Version
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.
Good News Bible
In the following instructions, however, I do not praise you, because your meetings for worship actually do more harm than good.
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.
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.
New American Standard Bible
But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
New International Version
In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
New King James Version
Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Young's Literal Translation
And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;
