If he discern not the body
(μη διακρινων το σωμα). So-called conditional use of the participle, "not judging the body." Thus he eats and drinks judgment (κριμα) on himself. The verb δια-κρινω is an old and common word, ourdis-cri-minate
, to distinguish. Eating the bread and drinking the wine as symbols of the Lord's body and blood in death probes one's heart to the very depths.
1 CORINTHIANS 11:29 pi,nwn … sw/ma {A} The meaning of the shorter text, which is preserved in the best witnesses (î46 a* A B C* 33 1739 copsa, bo _al_), was clarified by adding avna...
Verse 29. _EATETH AND DRINKETH DAMNATION_] κριμα, _Judgment,_ _punishment_; and yet this is not unto _damnation_, for the judgment or punishment inflicted upon the disorderly and the profane was inte...
FOR HE THAT EATETH ... - In order to excite them to a deeper reverence for this ordinance, and to a more solemn mode of observing it, Paul in this verse states another consequence of partaking of it i...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
UNWORTHILY. The texts omit. In that case after "himself", read "since he does not discern", &c. DAMNATION. condemnation, or judgment. App-177. DISCERNING. App-122. THE LORD'S BODY. The texts read "t...
_damnation_ Rather JUDGMENT, as in the margin. Wiclif, _dome_(as in ch. 1 Corinthians 6:4). Luther, _gericht_. Vulgate, _judicium_, "The mistranslation in our version has, says Dean Alford, "done infi...
Disorders at the Lord's Supper 17. _Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not_ St Paul was able to praise the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 11:2) for their attention to the injunctions he had...
DISORDERS AT THE LORD’S SUPPER...
29. [ἀναξίως] rec. with DEFG Vetus Lat. Vulg. Peshito. Text אABC. The authority of the ancient versions is strong. But on the whole it appears more probable that the word was introduced from 1 Corinth...
_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...
ΈΣΘΊΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΣΘΊΩ (G2068) есть. Part, в роли _subst._ ΠΊΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΊΝΩ (G4095) пить. Part, в роли _subst._ ΚΡΊΜΑ (G2917) суждение. Суффикс показывает на результат...
DISCOURSE: 1979 ON EATING AND DRINKING OUR OWN DAMNATION 1 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Corinthians 11:29. Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the bo...
UNWORTHILY— See 1 Corinthians 11:27. To receive for the purposes of intemperance or of faction, was certainly receiving very _unworthily._ The sense of the Apostle's expression, however, may be extend...
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...
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. DAMNATION - a stumblingblock to many as to communicating. Translate, 'judgment....
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...
11:29 judgment (m-9) _ Krima_ , i.e. anything that can be laid to our charge, or the subject of a judge's sentence. As 'sentence of guilt,' Romans 13:2 . Christ's _ krima_ was written on the cross....
UNWORTHILY] RV omits here, and for NOT DISCERNING reads, 'if he discern not the body,' i.e. if he does not realise that it is not mere bread, but the Lord's Body that is given under the symbol, and if...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
UNWORTHILY. — This word is not in the best Greek MSS. DAMNATION TO HIMSELF. — The Greek word hero does not imply final condemnation. On the contrary, it only means such temporal judgments as the sick...
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...
Participation in the bread and cup is itself a δοκιμασία : “For he that eats and drinks, a judgment for himself (sentence on himself) he eats and drinks”. The single art [1782] of ὁ ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων,...
§ 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...
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...
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...
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...
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not (m) discerning the Lord's body. (m) He is said to discern the Lord's body that has consideration of the worth...
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he discern not the body.” The...
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...
(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...
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...
29._He who shall eat unworthily, eateth judgment to himself. _He had previously pointed out in express terms the heinousness of the crime, when he said that those who should _eat unworthily _would be...
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...
FOR HE THAT EATETH AND DRINKETH UNWORTHILY,.... As before explained, 1 Corinthians 11:27 "eateth and drinketh damnation to himself"; or guilt, or judgment, or condemnation; for by either may the word...
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. Ver. 29. _For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily_] He saith not unworthy (for...
_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...
DAMNATION; judgment; he exposes himself to divine judgments. NOT DISCERNING THE LORD'S BODY; not discerning in the bread and wine the symbols of Christ's body and blood, but partaking of them irrever...
Worthy and unworthy communicants:...
FOR HE THAT EATETH AND DRINKETH UNWORTHILY EATETH AND DRINKETH DAMNATION TO HIMSELF, NOT DISCERNING" THE LORD'S BODY. The apostle now gives the Christians of Corinth and of all times some rules as to...
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...
DAMNATION: Or, judgment...
FOR HE THAT EATETH AND DRINKETH, EATETH AND DRINKETH JUDGMENT UNTO HIMSELF, IF HE DISCERN NOT THE BODY. 'judgement' -2917. krima kree'-mah; from 2919;. decision (the function or the effect, for or a...
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...
OLBGrk; HE THAT EATETH AND DRINKETH UNWORTHILY; in the sense before mentioned, either having no remote right or no present right to partake in that ordinance, being an unbeliever, or a resolved unholy...
For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body. [The Corinthians were eating the supper in a spirit of levity, as though it were common food; no...
1 Corinthians 11:29 For G1063 eats G2068 (G5723) and G2532 drinks G4095 (G5723) manner G371 eats G2068
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...
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...
'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...
1 Corinthians 11:29. FOR HE THAT EATETH OR DRINKETH, EATETH AND DRINKETH JUDGMENT UNTO HIMSELF, IF HE DISCERN NOT THE BODY. (The evidence for the omission of “unworthily” and “Lord's” before “body” is...
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...
DAMNATION Judgment, in the sense of (1 Corinthians 11:32)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
FOR IF HE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE. IF he is not aware of the true religious meaning of _Christ on the cross_ memorialized in the bread and wine. HE BRINGS JUDGMENT ON HIMSELF. Punishment. See 1 Corinthians...
_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....
_For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself._ EATING AND DRINKING UNWORTHILY I. Explication. 1. What is meant by eating and drinking? Not the body and bloo...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:29 WITHOUT DISCERNING THE BODY. Some scholars think Paul is still talking about the Lord’s Supper; others think he has shifted his focus to the church as the “bo...
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...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:2 Divisions over Corporate Worship. Paul addresses issues related to the Corinthians’ behavior in worship....
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:24; 1 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 11:32;...
Unworthily. Omit. Damnation [κ ρ ι μ α]. See on Mark 16:16; John 9:39. This false and horrible rendering has destroyed the peace of more sincere and earnest souls than any other misread passage in the...
For he that eateth and drinketh so unworthily as those Corinthians did, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself — Temporal judgments of various kinds, 1 Corinthians 11:30. Not distinguishing the sacre...
What it is to eat and drink unworthily, we find explained before, at 1 Corinthians 11:27. Note here farther, That many persons of honest hearts, but weak heads, have sadly misunderstood the words of S...