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1 Corinthians 11:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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 11:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 11:1715 words
GreekMeaning
ΤοῦτοTouto
In thisdemonstrativeG3778
δὲde
nowwordG1161
παραγγέλλωνparangellōn
(give in) charge, (give) command(-ment), d…verbG3853
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἐπαινῶepainō
I do praiseverbG1867
ὅτιhoti
becausewordG3754
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
εἰςeis
forprepositionG1519
τὸto
thearticleG3588
κρεῖσσονkreisson
best, betteradjectiveG2909
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
εἰςeis
forprepositionG1519
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἧσσονhēsson
betteradjectiveG2908
συνέρχεσθεsynerchesthe
you come togetherverbG4905
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:17

It is necessary in considering the present charge to state also first the occasion of it. For thus again will our discourse be more intelligible. What then is this occasion? As in the case of the three thousand who believed in the beginning, all had eaten their meals in common and had all things common; such also was the practice at the time when the Apostle wrote this: not such indeed exactly; but as it were a certain outflowing of that communion which abode among them…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 27 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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