1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Disorders at the Lord's Supper

17. Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not St Paul was able to praise the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 11:2) for their attention to the injunctions he had given them. He could not praise them for their irregularities in a matter on which their Christian instincts ought to have enlightened them. The disorders at the administration of the Eucharist were such as ought not to have needed correction.

that you come together not for the better, but for the worse Literally, unto the better and unto the worse, i.e. they were the worse, not the better, for meeting together for worship.