1 Corinthians 11:30

1 Corinthians 11:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
• New International Version (NIV)That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
• English Standard Version (ESV)That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

Context of 1 Corinthians 11:30

28But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. 29For [the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body. On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep. 31But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged. 32But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

1 Corinthians 11:30 word by word

διὰ τοῦτο ἐν ὑμῖν πολλοὶ ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἄρρωστοι, καὶ κοιμῶνται ἱκανοί.Read the interlinear

• accountδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• weakἀσθενήςasthenēs · weakG772
• asleepκοιμάωkoimaō · to sleepG2837

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:30

• 1 Corinthians 11:32But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
• Exodus 15:26And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.
• Numbers 20:12And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
• Numbers 21:6Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
• 2 Samuel 12:14Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, even the child that is born to thee shall certainly die.
• 1 Kings 13:21and he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the word of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment that Jehovah thy God commanded thee,
• Psalms 38:1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 78:30They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
• Psalms 89:31If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
• Amos 3:2You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
• Hebrews 12:5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved by him;
• Revelation 3:19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
• 1 Corinthians 15:51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
• Acts 13:36For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30For 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30For this cause - On account of the improper manner of celebrating the Lord‘s Supper; see 1 Corinthians 11:21. Many are weak - ( ̓͂ astheneis). Evidently referring to prevailing bodily sickness and disease. This is the natural and obvious interpretation of this passage. The sense clearly is, that God had sent among them bodily distempers as an expression of the divine displeasure and judgment for their improper mode of celebrating the Lord‘s Supper. That…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-34Verses 23-34 The apostle describes the sacred ordinance, of which he had the knowledge by revelation from Christ. As to the visible signs, these are the bread and wine. What is eaten is called bread, though at the same time it is said to be the body of the Lord, plainly showing that the apostle did not mean that the bread was changed into flesh. St. Matthew tells us, our Lord bid them all drink of the cup, ch. Mt 26:27, as if he would, by this expression…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30In light of 11:27, the body of Christ likely refers to the death of Christ, not the church, though some interpret it that way. Those who eat the bread or drink the cup in an unworthy manner bring God's judgment upon themselves. This judgment may result in infirmities, sickness, or even death (see Acts 5:5, 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. weak ... sickly--He is "weak" who has naturally no strength: "sickly," who has lost his strength by disease [Tittmann, Greek Synonyms of the New Testament]. sleep--are being lulled in death: not a violent death; but one the result of sickness, sent as the Lord's chastening for the individual's salvation, the mind being brought to a right state on the sick bed (1Co 11:31).Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings