“ For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. ”
For if we would judge ourselves - If we would examine ourselves, 1 Corinthians 11:28 ; if we would exercise a strict scrutiny over our hearts and feelings, and conduct, and come to the Lord’s Ta...
For if we would (n) judge ourselves, we should not be judged. (n) Try and examine ourselves, by faith and repentance, separating ourselves from the wicked.
1 Corinthians 11:7-34 . 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 pa...
would . were to. judge . Same as "discern", 1 Corinthians 11:29 .
31. For if we would judge ourselves Here we have another remarkable statement — that God does not all of a sudden become enraged against us, so as to inflict punishment immediately upon our...
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. If we would judge ourselves - If, having acted improperly, we condemn our conduct and humble ourselves, we shall not be judged, i.e. punished...
For if we would judge ourselves, &c.— In 1 Corinthians 11:29 the Apostle uses the word διακρινων,— μη διακρινων,— "Not discriminating, or not putting a difference between the sacramental br...
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. If we would judge ourselves. 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'But,' not 'For' (which C has). Translate 'if we discriminatin...
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...
(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 i...
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...
Observing the Lord's Supper 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 There was much disorder in the Corinthian church, because the love-feast, which preceded the Holy Supper, was the scene of riot and conviviali...
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...
(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 b...
SELF-JUDGMENT ‘If we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.’ 1 Corinthians 11:31 God is the unerring Judge, but He would rather that men took the work of judgment into their own han...
For if we would judge ourselves ,.... Examine, try, and prove ourselves as above directed, before we eat and drink; or condemn ourselves, by confessing, acknowledging, and mourning over sin, and by...
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. Ver. 31. We should not be judged ] God should be prevented, and the devil put out of office, as having nothing to say against us, but wha...
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 thoroug...
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...
Design of the Lord's Supper. A. D. 57. 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I...
This word judge in Scripture signifies all parts of judgment, examining, accusing, condemning, &c.: here it signifies accusing ourselves, condemning ourselves; discriminating ourselves, by the...
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...
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 t...
judge Self-judgment is not so much the believer's moral condemnation of his own ways or habits, or of himself, for allowing such ways. Self-judgment avoids chastisement. If neglected, the Lord...
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...
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...
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. Irrevere...
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,"...
A final admonition to use care in going to the Sacrament:
1 Corinthians 11:28 ; 1 John 1:9 ; Jeremiah 31:18-20 ; Luke 15:18-20 ; Psalms 32:3-5 ; Revelation 2:5 ; Revelation 3:2 ; Revelation 3:3
If we would judge ourselves — As to our knowledge, and the design with which we approach the Lord's table. We should not be thus judged — That is, punished by God.