Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
In this - which follows.
I declare - rather, 'I enjoin,' as the Greek х parangelloo (G3853)] is always used. A B C f, Vulgate, read 'this I enjoin (you), not praising (you). 'Aleph (') G g support the Received Text.
That - in that you, etc. Here he qualifies his praise (1 Corinthians 11:2). 'I said I praised you for keeping the ordinances delivered to you; BUT (so the Greek for "now") I must authoritatively enjoin you 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. Holy ordinances, if they do not improve, positively injure. The result of 'coming together' in a carnal spirit must be "condemnation" (1 Corinthians 11:34).