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15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given1 to her for a covering.  
16 But aif anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, bnor do the churches of God.  

Conduct at the Lord’s Supper

17 Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 For first of all, when you come together as a church, aI hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.  
19 For athere must also be factions among you, bthat those who are approved may be1 recognized among you.  
20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.
21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and aanother is drunk.  
22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise athe church of God and bshame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.  

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

23 For aI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: bthat the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;  
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said,1 “Take, eat; this is My body which is2 broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”  
25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death atill He comes.  

Examine Yourself

27 Therefore whoever eats athis bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and1 blood of the Lord.  
28 But alet a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.  
29 For he who eats and drinks1 in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the2 Lord’s body.  
30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many1 sleep.  
31 For aif we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.  
32 But when we are judged, awe are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.  
33 Therefore, my brethren, when you acome together to eat, wait for one another.  
34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 11:17

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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;


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