16. But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
17. But in giving this instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18. For in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19. For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you.