King James Version (KJV)

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.”

Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 11

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

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