1 Corinthians 11:30 - Exposition

Many are weak and sickly among you. St. Paul directly connects this general ill health with the abuse of the Lord's Supper. It is not impossible that the grave intemperance to which he alludes in 1 Corinthians 11:21 may have had its share in this result; but apart from this, there is an undoubted connection between sin and sickness in some, though not, of course, in all cases ( John 5:14 ). Many . The word is different from the previous word for "many," and means a larger number—" not a few," "a considerable number." Sleep ; i.e. are dying.