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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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New Century Version

1 Corinthians 11:31

But if we judged ourselves in the right way, God would not judge us.

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

Christian Standard Bible®
If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged,
King James Version (1611)
For if we would iudge our selues, we should not be iudged.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
Amplified Bible
But if we evaluated and judged ourselves honestly [recognizing our shortcomings and correcting our behavior], we would not be judged.
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.
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.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if we judged ourselves in the right way, then God would not judge us.
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.
Good News Translation
If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment.
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.
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.
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]
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For yf we woulde iudge our selues, we shoulde not be iudged.
English Revised Version
But if we discerned ourselves, we should 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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Simplified Cowboy Version
All you have to do is judge yourself, and then God doesn't have to.

Contextual Overview

23 The teaching I gave you is the same teaching I received from the Lord: On the night when the Lord Jesus was handed over to be killed, he took bread 24 and gave thanks for it. Then he broke the bread and said, "This is my body; it is for you. Do this to remember me." 25 In the same way, after they ate, Jesus took the cup. He said, "This cup is the new agreement that is sealed with the blood of my death. When you drink this, do it to remember me." 26 Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup you are telling others about the Lord's death until he comes. 27 So a person who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is not worthy of it will be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 Look into your own hearts before you eat the bread and drink the cup, 29 because all who eat the bread and drink the cup without recognizing the body eat and drink judgment against themselves. 30 That is why many in your group are sick and weak, and some of you have died. 31 But if we judged ourselves in the right way, God would not judge us. 32 But when the Lord judges us, he disciplines us so that we will not be destroyed along 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
Their land reached from Sidon to Gerar as far as Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 11:2
As people moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
Genesis 11:3
They said to each other, "Let's make bricks and bake them to make them hard." So they used bricks instead of stones, and tar instead of mortar.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."
Genesis 11:5
The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had built.
Genesis 11:26
After Terah was 70 years old, his sons Abram, Nahor, and Haran were born.
Genesis 11:28
While his father, Terah, was still alive, Haran died in Ur in Babylonia, where he was born.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram left Haran as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. At this time Abram was 75 years old.
Genesis 15:7
God said to Abram, "I am the Lord who led you out of Ur of Babylonia so that I could give you this land to own."
Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left, carrying with him many different kinds of beautiful gifts. He went to Northwest Mesopotamia to Nahor's city.

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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