1 Corinthians 11:28

man. App-123.

examine. test or try. Greek. dokimazo. Often translated prove, or approve. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:19 with 1 Corinthians 9:27.

so. i.e. after this self-testing.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 11:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But let a man examine himself - Let him search and see if he have the proper qualifications - if he has knowledge to discern the Lord’s body (not...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(20) But let (l) a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup. (20) The examination of a man's self, is of nec...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28. But let a man examine himself An exhortation drawn from the foregoing threatening. “ If those that eat unworthily are guilty of t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1980 ON THE PREPARATION REQUISITE BEFORE THE LORD’S SUPPER 1 Corinthians 11:28 . Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of tha...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. Let a man examine himself - Let him try whether he has pr...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But let a man examine himself— St. Paul, as we have observed, tells the Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 11:20 that to eat it after the manner they did...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. But - so much the more; as the guilt of unworthily re...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'I wrote of praising you for keeping my ordinances, but I cannot praise you with regard to your Church meetings, which, as now conducte...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Let a man examine (RV 'prove') himself ] i.e. see that he understands the sacrament, and is in a fit moral condition to receive it.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So let him eat. — This implies that a man should partake of this sacred feast only after he has carefully examined himself as to the spirit in whic...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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 harmon...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 tolerate...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Another Corinthian question concerned the position of woman and her true attitude in the exercise of divinely bestowed gifts. He declared that woman'...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 y...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SELF-EXAMINATION ‘But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.’ 1 Corinthians 11:28 The porch to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But let a man examine himself ,.... Whether he has a true sense of sin, sorrow and repentance for it; otherwise he will see no need of a Saviour, no...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wh...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Design of the Lord's Supper. A. D. 57. 23...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He is to examine himself about his knowledge, whether he rightly understands what Christ is, what the nature of the sacrament is, what he doth in tha...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Criticisms and Instructions With Regard to The Lord's Supper in Church Worship (11:17-33). But Paul's dissatisfaction goes beyond just the coverin...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:20-21 . When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh befor...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Whosoever shall eat … and drink … unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. Eating and drinking unworthily I. The sin consi...
The Biblical Illustrator

But let a man examine himself Self-examination I. Its necessity. 1. At all times. 2. Especially when we draw near unto God. 3. Most o...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 11:1 Followers of me; rather, imitators of me; follow herein my example, as I follow Christ's. What Christ's...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Worthy and unworthy communicants:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But let a man examine himself — Whether he know the nature and the design of the institution, and whether it be his own desire and purpose throughl...

²⁸ But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 11:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 11:28