1 Corinthians 11:27

1 Corinthians 11:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Context of 1 Corinthians 11:27

25In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup. 29For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

1 Corinthians 11:27 word by word

Ὥστε ὃς ἂν ἐσθίῃ τὸν ἄρτον ἢ πίνῃ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ κυρίου ἀναξίως ἔνοχος ἔσται τοῦ σώματος καὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeὥστεhōste · soG5620
• whosoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• shall eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• breadὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• andἤē · orG2228
• drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• cupποτήριονpotērion · cupG4221
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• unworthilyἀναξίωςanaxiōs · unworthilyG371
• shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• guilty ofἔνοχοςenochos · liable forG1777
• the bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:27

• 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
• Leviticus 10:1Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.
• Numbers 9:10“Tell the Israelites, ‘If any of you or of your posterity become ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, or are on a journey far away, then he may observe the Passover to the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 30:18The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive
• Matthew 22:11But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
• John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
• John 13:18“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’
• 1 Corinthians 11:29For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Whosoever 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Wherefore - ( ̔́ hōste). So that, or it follows from what has been said. If this be the origin and intention of the Lord‘s Supper, then it follows that whoever partakes of it in an improper manner is guilty of his body and blood. The design of Paul is to correct their improper mode of observing this ordinance; and having showed them the true nature and design of the institution, he now states the consequences of partaking of it in an improper manner…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. 27Taking the Lord’s Supper without understanding its importance or with unconfessed sin is unworthy (see 11:28–31). It is like sinning against the body and blood of the Lord; it treats his sacrificial death as unimportant (compare Hebrews 10:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. eat and drink--So one of the oldest manuscripts reads. But three or four equally old manuscripts, the Vulgate and Cyprian, read, "or." Romanists quote this reading in favor of communion in one kind. This consequence does not follow. Paul says, "Whosoever is guilty of unworthy conduct, either in eating the bread, or in drinking the cup, is guilty of the body and blood of Christ." Impropriety in only one of the two elements, vitiates true communion in…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 11:27

• Self-Examination

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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