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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 11:31 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Co 11:31 |
King James |
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| if we would judge ourselves--Most of the oldest manuscripts, read "But," not "For." Translate also literally "If we duly judged ourselves, we should not be (or not have been) judged," that is, we should escape (or have escaped) our present judgments. In order to duly judge or "discern [appreciate] the Lord's body," we need to "duly judge ourselves." A prescient warning against the dogma of priestly absolution after full confession, as the necessary preliminary to receiving the Lord's Supper. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For if we would judge ourselves - If we would examine ourselves, Co1 11:28; if we would exercise a strict scrutiny over our hearts and feelings, and conduct, and come to the Lord's Table with a proper spirit, we should escape the condemnation to which they are exposed who observe it in an improper manner. If we would exercise proper "severity" and "honesty" in determining our own character and fitness for the ordinance, we should not expose ourselves to the divine displeasure.
We should not be judged - We should not be exposed to the expression of God's disapprobation. He refers here to the punishment which had come upon the Corinthians for their improper manner of observing the ordinance; and he says that if they had properly examined themselves, and had understood the nature of the ordinance, that they would have escaped the judgments that had come upon them. This is as true now as it was then. If we wish to escape the divine displeasure; if we wish the communion to be followed with joy, and peace, and growth in grace, and not with blighting and spiritual barrenness, we should exercise a severe judgment on our character, and feelings, and motives; and should come to it with a sincere desire to honor Christ, and to advance in the divine life. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
judge
Self-judgment is not so much the believer's moral condemnation of his own ways or habits, or of himself, for allowing such ways. Self-judgment avoids chastisement. If neglected, the Lord judges, and the result is chastisement, but never condemnation (Co1 11:32); (Sa2 7:14); (Sa2 7:15); (Sa2 12:13); (Sa2 12:14); (Co1 5:5); (Ti1 1:20); (Heb 12:7).
See other judgments:
(See Scofield) - (Joh 12:31).
(See Scofield) - (Co2 5:10).
(See Scofield) - (Mat 25:32).
(See Scofield) - (Eze 20:37).
(See Scofield) - (Jde 1:6).
(See Scofield) - (Rev 20:12). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
We would judge (διεκρίνομεν)
An illustration of the confusion in rendering referred to under Co1 11:29. This is the same word as discerning in Co1 11:29, but the A.V. recognizes no distinction between it, and judged (ἐκρινόμεθα) immediately following. Render, as Rev., if we discerned ourselves; i.e., examined and formed a right estimate.
We should not be judged (οὐκ ἀν ἐκρινόμεθα)
By God. Here judged is correct. A proper self-examination would save us from the divine judgment. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| If we would judge ourselves - As to our knowledge, and the design with which we approach the Lord's table. We should not be thus judged - That is, punished by God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| If we would judge ourselves - If, having acted improperly, we condemn our conduct and humble ourselves, we shall not be judged, i.e. punished for the sin we have committed. |
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.