1 Corinthians 11:31
for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
In Context
30Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;
32and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou [art] Jehovah my God.
1 Corinthians 11:28and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;
Revelation 2:5remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place — if thou mayest not reform;
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 →