A common misinterpretation of this verse is to view it as a blanket condemnation of all church gatherings or worship services as inherently harmful, ignoring the specific context of Corinthian abuses like the rich eating separately and getting drunk while the poor went hungry during the Lord's Supper; others might wrongly assume Paul is universally against praising believers, when he is actually contrasting this particular failure with prior approvals, or take it as permission for modern churches to disband if imperfect, missing Paul's call for correction and restoration.
I Corinthians 11:17
King James Version (1769)
17 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 1 Corinthians 11:17, Paul transitions from earlier commendations to a rebuke of the Corinthian church's practices during their communal gatherings, particularly the Lord's Supper, emphasizing that their coming together was not edifying the body of Christ but rather causing division and harm through selfishness and class distinctions, underscoring the need for unity and love in worship to truly benefit the community.