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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Corinthians 11:31

But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

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.
New Century Version
But if we judged ourselves in the right way, God would not judge us.
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;
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 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 giving thanks, broke and said: Take ye and eat: This is my body, which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration of me. 25 In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood. This do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me. 26 For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come. 27 Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. 30 Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many sleep. 31 But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this 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
And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa.
Genesis 11:2
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
Genesis 11:3
And each one said to his neighbour: Come let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar:
Genesis 11:4
And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
Genesis 11:26
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
Genesis 11:28
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 12:4
So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from Haran.
Genesis 15:7
And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.
Genesis 24:10
And he took ten camels of his master’s herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.

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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