1 Corinthians 11:29

For any one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgement to himself, if he fails to estimate the body aright.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

In Context

28But let a man examine himself, and, having done that, then let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

30That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:24and after giving thanks He broke it and said, "This is my body which is about to be broken for you. Do this in memory of me."

1 Corinthians 11:30That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.

Hebrews 5:14Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.

James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your `yes' be simply `yes,' and your `no' be simply `no;' that you may not come under condemnation.

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 →

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