1 Corinthians 11:31
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
1 Corinthians 11:31 in other translations
| BSB | Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. |
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| WEB | For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged. |
| ASV | But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged. |
| YLT | for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged, |
| DARBY | But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged. |
| BBE | But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us. |
| Webster | For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. |
What does 1 Corinthians 11:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
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 honour Christ, and to advance in the Divine life.
(a) "we would judge" Ps 32:5, 1Jn 1:9
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23-34
The apostle describes the sacred ordinance, of which he had the knowledge by revelation from Christ. As to the visible signs, these are the bread and wine. What is eaten is called bread, though at the same time it is said to be the body of the Lord, plainly showing that the apostle did not mean that the bread was changed into flesh. St. Matthew tells us, our Lord bid them all drink of the cup, ch. Mt 26:27, as if he…
1 Corinthians 11:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 11:31
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Psalms 32:3-5
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
- 1 Corinthians 11:28
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
- Revelation 3:2-3
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
- Luke 15:18-20
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
- Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
1 Corinthians 11:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que si nos examinásemos á nosotros mismos, cierto no seríamos juzgados. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais si nous nous jugions nous-mêmes, nous ne serions pas jugés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber wenn wir uns selbst beurteilten, so würden wir nicht gerichtet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod si nosmetipsos dijudicaremus, non utique judicaremur. |