1 Corinthians 11:29
For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.
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28But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.
30For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
1 Corinthians 11:24And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.
1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
James 5:12But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:24-34
Design of the Lord's Supper. ( a. d. 57.) 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as… Read the whole commentary →