1 Corinthians 11:17

παραγγέλλων οὐκ ἐπαινῶ אE. παραγγέλλω οὐκ ἐπαινῶν ACFG. Vulg. Peshito. So Lachmann and Tregelles. Westcott and Hort edit as text, but with marks of doubt. B has the participle in both places.

17. τοῦτο δὲ παραγγέλλων. As R.V., In giving you this charge. 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. τοῦτο refers to what follows. See 1 Corinthians 11:22.

εἰς τὸ κρεῖσσον … εἰς τὸ ἧσσον. Literally, unto the better and unto the worse, i.e. they were the worse, not the better, for meeting together for worship.