1 Corinthians 11:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 11:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 11:17 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 11:17 — 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 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 11:17 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 11:17
“I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.”
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“Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. set up: or, finished joined: Chaldee, sewed together”
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“And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.”
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“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? enlargement: Heb. respiration”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:17: now, come, together
“Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.”
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