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Good News Translation

1 Corinthians 11:31

If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eucharist (the Lord's Supp;   Self-Examination;   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   The Topic Concordance - Chastisement;   Condemnation;   Judges;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Communion of the Lord's Supper;   Self-Examination;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Lord's Supper;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Judgment;   Lord's supper;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Condemnation;   Judgment;   Sanctification;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Lord's Supper;   Love to God;   Worship of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lord's Supper;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bread of the Presence;   Love Feast;   Romans, Book of;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Church;   Eucharist;   Love Feast;   Paul the Apostle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Brotherly Love;   Condemnation;   Cup ;   Eucharist;   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Love-Feast;   Sacraments;   Salt (2);   Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs;   Worship;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Impute, to,;   20 To Ask, Request;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Church Government;   Judging;   Pauline Theology;   Salvation;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 24;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But if we judged ourselves in the right way, then God would not judge us.
Revised Standard Version
But if we judged ourselves truly, we should not be judged.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yf we had truly iudged oure selves we shuld not have bene iudged.
Hebrew Names Version
For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.
International Standard Version
But if we judged ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.Psalm 32:5; 1 John 1:9;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
New Century Version
But if we judged ourselves in the right way, God would not judge us.
Update Bible Version
But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.
Webster's Bible Translation
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
English Standard Version
But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
World English Bible
For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
Weymouth's New Testament
If, however, we estimated ourselves aright, we should not be judged.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if we demyden wiseli vs silf, we schulden not be demyd;
English Revised Version
But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.
Berean Standard Bible
Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
Contemporary English Version
If we carefully judge ourselves, we won't be punished.
Amplified Bible
But if we evaluated and judged ourselves honestly [recognizing our shortcomings and correcting our behavior], we would not be judged.
American Standard Version
But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.
Bible in Basic English
But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.
Complete Jewish Bible
If we would examine ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
Darby Translation
But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.
Etheridge Translation
For if we judge ourselves, we shall not be judged.
Murdock Translation
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
King James Version (1611)
For if we would iudge our selues, we should not be iudged.
New Living Translation
But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.
New Life Bible
But if we would look into our own lives and see if we are guilty, then God would not have to say we are guilty.
New Revised Standard
But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For if we would iudge our selues, we should not be iudged.
George Lamsa Translation
For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, however, we had been setting, ourselves, apart, we had not, in that case, been coming under judgment;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For yf we woulde iudge our selues, we shoulde not be iudged.
Christian Standard Bible®
If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged,
King James Version
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
Lexham English Bible
But if we were evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged.
Literal Translation
For if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.
Young's Literal Translation
for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For yf we iudged oure selues, we shulde not be iudged.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for if we made such a discrimination, we should not be punished.
New English Translation
But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.
New King James Version
For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
Simplified Cowboy Version
All you have to do is judge yourself, and then God doesn't have to.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

Contextual Overview

23 For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a piece of bread, 24 gave thanks to God, broke it, and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me." 25 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and said, "This cup is God's new covenant, sealed with my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me." 26 This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27 It follows that if one of you eats the Lord's bread or drinks from his cup in a way that dishonors him, you are guilty of sin against the Lord's body and blood. 28 So then, you should each examine yourself first, and then eat the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For if you do not recognize the meaning of the Lord's body when you eat the bread and drink from the cup, you bring judgment on yourself as you eat and drink. 30 That is why many of you are sick and weak, and several have died. 31 If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment. 32 But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:28, Psalms 32:3-5, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Luke 15:18-20, 1 John 1:9, Revelation 2:5, Revelation 3:2, Revelation 3:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:29 - shall afflict Leviticus 23:32 - afflict 1 Kings 13:24 - a lion 2 Chronicles 19:2 - is wrath Job 10:2 - show me Psalms 6:1 - rebuke Psalms 89:32 - General Psalms 119:175 - and let thy Lamentations 3:40 - search Haggai 2:15 - consider 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Examine 1 Peter 4:6 - that they

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near Lasha.
Genesis 11:2
As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there.
Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, "Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard." So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
Genesis 11:5
Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which they had built,
Genesis 11:26
After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:28
and Haran died in his hometown of Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living.
Genesis 12:4
When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him.
Genesis 15:7
Then the Lord said to him, "I am the Lord , who led you out of Ur in Babylonia, to give you this land as your own."
Genesis 24:10
The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For if we would judge ourselves,.... Examine, try, and prove ourselves as above directed, before we eat and drink; or condemn ourselves, by confessing, acknowledging, and mourning over sin, and by repentance for it; or separate ourselves from the company of profane sinners, come out from among them, and touch not their unclean things; or join with them in their unfruitful works of darkness:

we should not be judged; by the Lord; he would not inflict these diseases, sicknesses, and death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For if we would judge ourselves - If we would examine ourselves, 1 Corinthians 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. 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.


 
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