2 Now (A)I praise you because you (B)remember me in everything and (C)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.
17 Now in giving this next instruction (A)I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse.
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.