1 Corinthians 11:31
For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
In Context
30For this cause many amongst you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.
1 Corinthians 11:28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
Revelation 2:5Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
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 →