1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
In Context
30For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:18Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
1 Corinthians 11:28But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.
Revelation 2:5So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed.
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 →