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

28That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. 29For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. 31But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. 32Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along 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 11:32Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
• Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
• Numbers 20:12But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!”
• Numbers 21:6So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died.
• 2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord by doing this, your child will die.”
• 1 Kings 13:21He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: You have defied the word of the Lord and have disobeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.
• Psalms 38:1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!
• Psalms 78:30But before they satisfied their craving, while the meat was yet in their mouths,
• Psalms 89:31if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
• Amos 3:2“From among all the families on the earth, I have been intimate with you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins.”
• Hebrews 12:5And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you.
• Revelation 3:19I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
• 1 Corinthians 15:51But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
• Acts 13:36This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

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