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Verse 30. _FOR THIS CAUSE_] That they partook of this sacred
ordinance without discerning the Lord's body; _many are weak and_
_sickly_: it is hard to say whether these words refer to the
consequence...
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FOR THIS CAUSE - On account of the improper manner of celebrating the
Lord’s Supper; see 1 Corinthians 11:21.
MANY ARE WEAK - (ἀσθενεῖς astheneis). Evidently referring
to prevailing bodily sickness...
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II. THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST: CHAPTER S 11-14
1. Headship, and the Position of Woman. The Lord's Supper.
CHAPTER 11.
_ 1. The Headship of Christ and of the Man; Position of Woman. (1
Corinthi...
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1 Corinthians 11:7. THE DESECRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. Paul feels
that in one respect he must restrict his praise. Their meetings damage
rather than profit them. He cannot help believing part of wh...
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THE LIMITS OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM (1 Corinthians 10:23-33 ; 1
Corinthians 11:1)
11:1 All things are allowed to me, but all things are not good for
me. All things are allowed, but all things do not buil...
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For I received of the Lord that which I also handed on to you, that
the Lord Jesus, on the night on which he was being delivered up, took
bread, and, after he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ...
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MANY. not. few, as Revised Version.
SLEEP. App-171. This verse explains what the judgment of 1 Corinthians
11:29 was. Temporal suffering, and even death. Compare 1 Corinthians
5:5 and 1 John 5:16;...
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DISORDERS AT THE LORD’S SUPPER...
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ἈΣΘΕΝΕΙ͂Σ ΚΑῚ ἌΡΡΩΣΤΟΙ. If the body be the
temple of the Lord (ch. 1 Corinthians 6:19), we can well understand
how a crime against His Body and Blood (1 Corinthians 11:27) would
tend to deprive the bo...
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_THE LORD'S SUPPER OBSERVED INCORRECTLY 1 CORINTHIANS 11:27-34:_ The
character of the person partaking is not under consideration but the
manner in which it is done. The message is, "whosoever shall e...
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ΑΣΘΕΝΉΣ (G772) слабый, больной. Praed. _пот._
ΆΡΡΩΣΤΟΣ (G732) бессильный,
расслабленный, больной. Praed. _пот._ Без
артикля praed. _пот._ подчеркивает
уеловие.
ΚΟΙΜΏΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΚΟΙΜΆ...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Oneness, a Requirement for Godly Worship (1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because
when you come together it is not for...
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For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
WEAK AND SICKLY. The "weak" [ astheneis (G772)] have naturally no
strength; the "sickly" [ arroostoi (G732)] have lost their stre...
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21 The phrase..the Lord's _ supper_ " is misleading. Supper denotes an
_ evening _ meal, but the word here employed has no such significance,
though its first observance was at night. The word denotes...
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DISORDERS IN WORSHIP
_2-16. (c) The Veiling of Women in Church_
2. Now I praise you] This v. introduces the two following sections.
The Apostle begins by praising them, perhaps echoing words from the...
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PARAPHRASE. 'I wrote of praising you for keeping my ordinances, but I
cannot praise you with regard to your Church meetings, which, as now
conducted, do you more harm than good. (18) First I hear of t...
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FOR THIS CAUSE] Their irreverence had led God to punish them by
disease and death (SLEEP, i.e. 'in death'). They had been visited with
sickness, and St. Paul was enlightened by God to see in this the...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 11
V1 Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
PROBLEMS ABOUT *WORSHIP 11:2-34
1. MEN AND WOMEN IN *WORSHIP 11:2-16
V2 I praise you because...
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(28-32) There are so many modifications required in these verses of
the Greek text from which our translation is taken, so as to bring it
into harmony with the best MSS., and so many changes needed in...
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FOR THIS CAUSE — _i.e.,_ because you do not regard these feasts, to
which the Lord’s Supper is joined as gatherings in a common body,
but eat and drink to excess, and so gain no spiritual advantage, b...
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CHAPTER 17
ABUSE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
IN this paragraph of his letter Paul speaks of an abuse which can
scarcely be credited, still less tolerated, in our times. The most
sacred of all Christian ordi...
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§ 38. UNWORTHY PARTICIPANTS OF THE LORD'S BREAD AND CUP. The
behaviour of the wealthier Cor [1740] at the Church Supper is
scandalous in itself; viewed in the light of the institution and
meaning of t...
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In evidence of the “judgment” which profanation of the Lord's
Table entails, the Ap. points to the sad fact that “amongst you many
are sick and weakly, and not a few are sleeping”. ἀσθενεῖς
applies to...
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OBSERVING THE LORD'S SUPPER
1 Corinthians 11:23
There was much disorder in the Corinthian church, because the
love-feast, which preceded the Holy Supper, was the scene of riot and
conviviality, of os...
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Another Corinthian question concerned the position of woman and her
true attitude in the exercise of divinely bestowed gifts. He declared
that woman's true position is subservience to man. The nature...
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The Proper Attitude Is Required
Paul stressed the need for the proper attitude in partaking of the
Lord's Supper. Irreverence while partaking would have shown a light
concern for the sacrifice being r...
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(21) For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep.
(21) The profaning of the body and blood of the Lord in his mysteries
is harshly punished by him, and therefore such wrongs o...
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Therefore in punishment of the sin of receiving unworthily, many are
infirm, visited with infirmities, even that bring death, which is
meant by those words, many sleep. But it is a mercy of God, when...
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“For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31. Now, if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32. But
when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we sho...
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VIII. DISORDERS IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. 11:17-34.
The disorder which Paul has just described and combated was a small
matter in comparison with that to which he now passes. The style...
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(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. (18) For first of
all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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30._For this cause_, etc. After having treated in a general way of
_unworthy eating_, and of the kind of punishment that awaits those who
pollute this sacrament, he now instructs the Corinthians as to...
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Observe here the way in which the apostle grounded his replies with
regard to details on the highest and fundamental principles. This is
the manner of Christianity (compare Titus 2:10-14). He introduc...
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FOR THIS CAUSE MANY ARE WEAK AND SICKLY,.... Because of their unworthy
participation of the Lord's supper, many in the Corinthian church were
attended with bodily infirmities and diseases; either by w...
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For this cause many _are_ weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Ver. 30. _Many are weak_] The mortality at Corinth began at God's
house, and that for unworthy communicating. God will be sanctifi...
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_But_ That none may be involved in such guilt; _let_ each one _examine
himself_ Whether he knows the nature and the design of the
institution, and whether it be his sincere desire and purpose
thorough...
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FOR THIS CAUSE; on account of their irreverent and wicked manner of
celebrating the Lord's supper.
MANY SLEEP; are dead. God had sent sickness among them, and many had
died....
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A final admonition to use care in going to the Sacrament:...
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FOR THIS CAUSE MANY ARE WEAK AND SICKLY AMONG YOU AND MANY SLEEP....
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Chapter s 11 to 14 no longer consider the question of testimony or
conduct as before the world, but rather the conduct, order, unity that
is becoming in the Assembly, the body of Christ. Yet this is
i...
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FOR THIS CAUSE MANY AMONG YOU ARE WEAK AND SICKLY, AND NOT. FEW SLEEP.
'For this cause' -relates the conditions that follow to the improper
partaking of the previous verses. Because of their abuse o...
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23-34 The apostle describes the sacred ordinance, of which he had the
knowledge by revelation from Christ. As to the visible signs, these
are the bread and wine. What is eaten is called bread, though...
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You, it may be, are not aware of it, but look upon other causes why so
many amongst you are sick, and weak, and die immaturely; but I, as the
apostle of Jesus Christ, (and so know the mind and will of...
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For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few
sleep. ["Not a few" indicates a larger number than the preceding
"many." It is generally accepted that Paul here refers to physical
wea...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X
The Apostle indeed says, writing to the Corinthians who had diverse
sicknesses, "For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and
not a few sleep."[171]...
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1 Corinthians 11:30 For G1223 this G5124 reason G1223 many G4183 weak
G772 and G2532 sick G732 among G1722
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'For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself, if
he discern not the body. For this reason many among you are weak and
sickly, and not a few sleep.'
For all who come eating and drin...
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APPROACH TO WORSHIP (11:2-14:40).
We now move on to a section which deals with the Christian approach to
worship in the light of the particular problems of the Corinthian
church. Chapter 11 covers the...
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CRITICISMS AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE LORD'S SUPPER IN CHURCH
WORSHIP (11:17-33).
But Paul's dissatisfaction goes beyond just the covering of the hair
and lack of restraint while praying and...
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The immediate object of this section is to denounce certain gross
disorders in the celebration of this ordinance which had crept into
the Corinthian church; but this gives occasion to so comprehensive...
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1 Corinthians 11:30. FOR THIS CAUSE MANY AMONG YOU ARE WEAK AND
SICKLY, AND NOT A FEW FALL ASLEEP. Physical weakness, sickness, and
death are undoubtedly meant here. Possibly some marked calamitous
vi...
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AND NOT A FEW SLEEP
(κα κοιμωντα ικανο). Sufficient number (ικανο) are
already asleep in death because of their desecration of the Lord's
table. Paul evidently had knowledge of specific instances....
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1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place,
this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh
before other his own supper, and one is hungry, and another i...
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The members of the church at Corinth abounded in gifts, and therefore
they thought it meet for each one to speak to edification. They had no
pastoral oversight whatever; acting, in this respect, like...
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1 Corinthians 11:18. For first of all, when ye come together in the
church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe
it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they whic...
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1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place,
this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh
before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another i...
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1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place,
this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh
before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another i...
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CONTENTS: Christian order and the Lord's supper. Meaning of the Lord's
table.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The Lord's supper is a memorial of His finished atonement,
a parable of His pr...
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1 Corinthians 11:2. _Keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you._
The apostle mentions these twice to the Thessalonians, and nearly in
the same words. 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6
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THAT IS WHY. The judgment mentioned in 1 Corinthians 11:29. MacKnight
and others think that God was bringing physical punishments on them
because of their unholy attitude (such as Acts 5:5)_. Lipscomb...
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_For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep._
THE PUNISHMENT FOR UNWORTHY PARTAKING
I. The punishment. Here are three steps to the grave: weakness,
sickness, temporal death.
1...
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_Whosoever shall eat … and drink … unworthily shall be guilty of
the body and blood of the Lord._
EATING AND DRINKING UNWORTHILY
I. The sin consists in doing it--
1. Ignorantly.
2. Irreverently....
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:17 The Corinthians were using
their gatherings around the Lord’s Table as occasions to make social
distinctions between rich and poor. Paul is profoundly trouble...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:2 Divisions over Corporate
Worship. Paul addresses issues related to the Corinthians’ behavior
in worship....
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CHAPTER 11
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
The Apostle proceeds to deal with the third point put before him, that
of the veiling of women; for the Corinthians had asked of S. Paul
whether or no women ought t...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
NEW TOPIC: THE LORD’S SUPPER AND THE LOVE-FEASTS
1 Corinthians 11:17.—_Backward_ reference: _the directions just
given_, and the general praise of 1 Corinthians 11:2, are not to be
t...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 11:1
FOLLOWERS OF ME; rather, _imitators of me; _follow herein my example,
as I follow Christ's. What Christ's example was, in that he too
"pleased not himself," he sets for...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to I Corinthians 11.
Paul here in the first verse said,
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ (1 Corinthians
11:1).
In the previous verse he spoke about h...
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1 Corinthians 11:32; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Kings 13:21; 1
Thessalonians 4:14;...
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Weak and sickly. Physical visitations on account of profanation of the
Lord's table.
Many sleep [κ ο ι μ ω ν τ α ι ι κ α ν ο ι]. The word
for many means, primarily, adequate, sufficient. See on Romans...
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For this cause — Which they had not observed. Many sleep — In
death....
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FOR THIS CAUSE; that is, for profaning the sacrament, and not
discerning the Lord's body at the Lord's table; for not approaching it
as. feast of love designed equally for the benefit of all his membe...