1 Corinthians 11:17
1 Corinthians 11:17 New International Version (NIV)
In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
1 Corinthians 11:17-19 The Message (MSG)
Regarding this next item, I’m not at all pleased. I am getting the picture that when you meet together it brings out your worst side instead of your best! First, I get this report on your divisiveness, competing with and criticizing each other. I’m reluctant to believe it, but there it is. The best that can be said for it is that the testing process will bring truth into the open and confirm it.
1 Corinthians 11:17 King James Version (KJV)
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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
1 Corinthians 11:17 New Century Version (NCV)
In the things I tell you now I do not praise you, because when you come together you do more harm than good.
1 Corinthians 11:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.
1 Corinthians 11:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
1 Corinthians 11:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But in giving this next instruction, I do not praise you, because when you meet together it is not for the better but for the worse.
1 Corinthians 11:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together.