Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:17

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17. in this —which follows. I declare —rather, "I enjoin"; as the Greek is always so used. The oldest manuscripts read literally "This I enjoin (you) not praising (you)." that — inasmuch as; in that you, c. Here he qualifies his praise ( :- ). "I said that I praised you for keeping the ordinances delivered to you but I must now give injunction in the name of the Lord, on a matter in which I praise you not; namely, as to the Lord's Supper ( 1 Corinthians 11:23 ; 1 Corinthians 14:37 ). not for the better —not so as to progress to what is better. for the worse —so as to retrograde to what is worse. The result of such "coming together" must be "condemnation" ( 1 Corinthians 14:37- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1co-11-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/1co-11-17

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological