1st Corinthians 11:17
But this thing I command, not praising, that ye come together not into the better, but into the worse.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἥττονhḗttonworse (as noun); by implication, less (as adverb)
- ἐπαινέωepainéōto applaud
- κρείττωνkreíttōnstronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
- συνέρχομαιsynérchomaito convene, depart in company with, associate with, or (specially), cohabit (conjugally)
- παραγγέλλωparangéllōto transmit a message, i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
- τοῦτοtoûtothat thing
- ἀλλάalláproperly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
- ὅτιhótidemonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.