^{16 Ref} But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's assemblies.

^{17 Ref} But in giving you this command, I don't praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

^{18 Ref} For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

^{19 Ref} For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.