1 Corinthians 11:28
Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
In Context
29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
Cross References
Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
Haggai 1:5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
Zechariah 7:5“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
1 Corinthians 11:31Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
Galatians 6:4Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
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 →