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

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. That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. 31But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. 32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• this causeοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• weakἀσθενήςasthenēs · weakG772
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sicklyἄρρωστοςarrhōstos · illG732
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• youσύsu · youG4771
• manyἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
• sleepκοιμάωkoimaō · to sleepG2837

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:30

• 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
• Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will diligently obey the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
• Numbers 20:12Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them.”
• Numbers 21:6So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.
• 2 Samuel 12:14Nonetheless, because you have treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”
• 1 Kings 13:21and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have rebelled against the Lord and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.
• Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
• Psalms 78:30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,
• Psalms 89:31if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,
• Amos 3:2“I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
• Hebrews 12:5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.
• Revelation 3:19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
• 1 Corinthians 15:51Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –
• Acts 13:36For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.

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