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. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together [a]as a church, I hear that [b](B)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there also (C)have to be factions among you, (D)so that those who are approved may become [c]evident among you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:18 Lit in church
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:18 Or dissensions
  3. 1 Corinthians 11:19 Or recognizable

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