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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:31

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged ,.... This is said by way of consolation to the saints, that when the hand of the Lord is upon them, and he is afflicting them, they should consider these things, not as the effects of his vindictive wrath and justice, as proper punishments for their sins, but as fatherly chastisements for their good: we are chastened of the Lord ; as children by a father, in love and kindness, in order to bring to a sense of sin, repentance for it, and acknowledgment of it, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:33

Wherefore, my brethren ,.... Though he had said some very awful and awakening things to bring them to themselves, to reclaim them, and rectify disorders among them; yet he hoped well of them in general, and softens the severe things he had said, by calling them "brethren"; and hereby prepares them to attend to, and receive the more kindly, what he had further to say: when ye come together to eat ; that is, when ye come to the place of public worship at the usual stated time, in order to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:34

And if any man hunger let him eat at home ,.... Whereby the apostle shows his dislike of their ante-suppers in the place of public worship, at which they behaved in so indecent a manner, neglecting the poor, and too freely indulging themselves; and therefore if anyone was hungry, and could not wait till the Lord's supper was over, let him eat at home before he come to the place of worship, and satisfy his appetite, that he might with more ease and decency attend the table of the Lord: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:24

This do in remembrance of me - The papists believe the apostles were not ordained priests before these words. Si quis dixerit, illis verbis, hoc facite in meam commemorationem, Christum non instituisse apostolos sacerdotes, anathema sit : "If any one shall say that in these words, 'This do in remembrance of me,' Christ did not ordain his apostles priests, let him be accursed." Conc. Trid. Sess. 22. Conc. 2. And he that does believe such an absurdity, on such a ground, is contemptible. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:26

Ye do show the Lord's death - As in the passover they showed forth the bondage they had been in, and the redemption they had received from it; so in the eucharist they showed forth the sacrificial death of Christ, and the redemption from sin derived from it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:27

Whosoever shall eat - and drink - unworthily - To put a final end to controversies and perplexities relative to these words and the context, let the reader observe, that to eat and drink the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper unworthily, is to eat and drink as the Corinthians did, who ate it not in reference to Jesus Christ's sacrificial death; but rather in such a way as the Israelites did the passover, which they celebrated in remembrance of their deliverance from Egyptian bondage.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:28

Let a man examine himself - Let him try whether he has proper faith in the Lord Jesus; and whether he discerns the Lord's body; and whether he duly considers that the bread and wine point out the crucified body and spilt blood of Christ. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:29

Eateth and drinketh damnation - Κριμα , Judgment, punishment; and yet this is not unto damnation, for the judgment or punishment inflicted upon the disorderly and the profane was intended for their emendation; for in 1 Corinthians 11:32 , it is said, then we are judged, κρινομενοι , we are chastened, παιδευομεθα , corrected as a father does his children, that we should not be condemned with the world. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:30

For this cause - That they partook of this sacred ordinance without discerning the Lord's body; many are weak and sickly: it is hard to say whether these words refer to the consequences of their own intemperance or to some extraordinary disorders inflicted immediately by God himself. That there were disorders of the most reprehensible kind among these people at this sacred supper, the preceding verses sufficiently point out; and after such excesses, many might be weak and sickly among them,... read more

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