Let a man prove himself
(δοκιμαζετω ανθρωπος εαυτον). Test himself as he would a piece of metal to see if genuine. Such examination of one's motives would have made impossible the disgraceful scenes in verses 1 Corinthians 11:20.
Verse 28. _LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF_] Let him try whether he has proper faith in the Lord Jesus; and whether he discerns the Lord's body; and whether he duly considers that the _bread_ and _wine_ poi...
BUT LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF - Let him search and see if he have the proper qualifications - if he has knowledge to discern the Lord’s body (note, 1 Corinthians 11:29); if he has true repentance for...
II. THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST: CHAPTER S 11-14 1. Headship, and the Position of Woman. The Lord's Supper. CHAPTER 11. _ 1. The Headship of Christ and of the Man; Position of Woman. (1 Corinthi...
1 Corinthians 11:7. THE DESECRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. Paul feels that in one respect he must restrict his praise. Their meetings damage rather than profit them. He cannot help believing part of wh...
For I received of the Lord that which I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night on which he was being delivered up, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ...
THE LIMITS OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM (1 Corinthians 10:23-33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1) 11:1 All things are allowed to me, but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed, but all things do not buil...
MAN. App-123. EXAMINE. test or try. Greek. _dokimazo._ Often translated prove, or approve. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:19 with 1 Corinthians 9:27. SO. i.e. after this self-testing....
_examine himself Preve_, Wiclif. _Probet_, Vulgate. That is, _test_himself, ascertain his own condition (Galatians 6:4). The same word is used of the weather, and of God's times and seasons (St Luke 1...
Disorders at the Lord's Supper 17. _Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not_ St Paul was able to praise the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 11:2) for their attention to the injunctions he had...
DISORDERS AT THE LORD’S SUPPER...
ΔΟΚΙΜΑΖΈΤΩ. _Preve_, Wiclif. _Probet_, Vulgate. That is, _test_ himself, ascertain his own condition (Galatians 6:4). The same word is used of the weather, and of God’s times and seasons (Luke 12:56);...
_THE LORD'S SUPPER OBSERVED INCORRECTLY 1 CORINTHIANS 11:27-34:_ The character of the person partaking is not under consideration but the manner in which it is done. The message is, "whosoever shall e...
ΔΟΚΙΜΑΖΈΤΩ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΩ (G1381) исследовать, одобрять после рассмотрения (TDNT; TLNT). _Praes. imper._ призывает к повторяющемуся действию, ΆΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ (G444) человек,...
DISCOURSE: 1980 ON THE PREPARATION REQUISITE BEFORE THE LORD’S SUPPER 1 Corinthians 11:28. _Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup_. GOD is a holy and jealo...
BUT LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF— St. Paul, as we have observed, tells the Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 11:20 that to eat it after the manner they did, was not to eat the Lord's supper. He tells them also,...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Oneness, a Requirement for Godly Worship (1 Corinthians 11:17-34) 17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for...
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. BUT - so much the more; as the guilt of unworthily receiving is so great. EXAMINE, [ dokimazetoo (G1381)] -...
21 The phrase..the Lord's _ supper_ " is misleading. Supper denotes an _ evening _ meal, but the word here employed has no such significance, though its first observance was at night. The word denotes...
PARAPHRASE. 'I wrote of praising you for keeping my ordinances, but I cannot praise you with regard to your Church meetings, which, as now conducted, do you more harm than good. (18) First I hear of t...
DISORDERS IN WORSHIP _2-16. (c) The Veiling of Women in Church_ 2. Now I praise you] This v. introduces the two following sections. The Apostle begins by praising them, perhaps echoing words from the...
LET A MAN EXAMINE (RV 'prove') HIMSELF] i.e. see that he understands the sacrament, and is in a fit moral condition to receive it....
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. PROBLEMS ABOUT *WORSHIP 11:2-34 1. MEN AND WOMEN IN *WORSHIP 11:2-16 V2 I praise you because...
SO LET HIM EAT. — This implies that a man should partake of this sacred feast only after he has carefully examined himself as to the spirit in which he was approaching such holy bread and wine....
(28-32) There are so many modifications required in these verses of the Greek text from which our translation is taken, so as to bring it into harmony with the best MSS., and so many changes needed in...
CHAPTER 17 ABUSE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER IN this paragraph of his letter Paul speaks of an abuse which can scarcely be credited, still less tolerated, in our times. The most sacred of all Christian ordi...
“But (in contrast with the guilt described, and in order to escape it) let a man put himself to proof, and so from the bread let him eat and from the cup let him drink.” ἄνθρωπος, replacing ὄς ἄν (1 C...
§ 38. UNWORTHY PARTICIPANTS OF THE LORD'S BREAD AND CUP. The behaviour of the wealthier Cor [1740] at the Church Supper is scandalous in itself; viewed in the light of the institution and meaning of t...
OBSERVING THE LORD'S SUPPER 1 Corinthians 11:23 There was much disorder in the Corinthian church, because the love-feast, which preceded the Holy Supper, was the scene of riot and conviviality, of os...
Another Corinthian question concerned the position of woman and her true attitude in the exercise of divinely bestowed gifts. He declared that woman's true position is subservience to man. The nature...
The Proper Attitude Is Required Paul stressed the need for the proper attitude in partaking of the Lord's Supper. Irreverence while partaking would have shown a light concern for the sacrifice being r...
(20) But let (l) a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup. (20) The examination of a man's self, is of necessity required in the supper, and therefore they o...
_Drink the chalice. This is not said by way of command, but by way of allowance, viz. where and when it is agreeable to the practice and discipline of the Church. (Challoner)_...
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29. For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he discern not the body.” The...
VIII. DISORDERS IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. 11:17-34. The disorder which Paul has just described and combated was a small matter in comparison with that to which he now passes. The style...
(17) Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. (18) For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_SELF-EXAMINATION_ ‘But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.’ 1 Corinthians 11:28 The porch to the sanctuary is _ self-examination_. Let us, therefore...
28._But let a man examine himself _An exhortation drawn from the foregoing threatening. “_If _those that _eat unworthily _are _guilty of the body and blood of the Lord_, then let no man approach who i...
Observe here the way in which the apostle grounded his replies with regard to details on the highest and fundamental principles. This is the manner of Christianity (compare Titus 2:10-14). He introduc...
BUT LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF,.... Whether he has a true sense of sin, sorrow and repentance for it; otherwise he will see no need of a Saviour, nor will he look to Christ for salvation, or be thankfu...
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of _that_ bread, and drink of _that_ cup. Ver. 28. _Let a man examine_] A metaphor from metallaries or lapidists, as they try their metals or preciou...
_But_ That none may be involved in such guilt; _let_ each one _examine himself_ Whether he knows the nature and the design of the institution, and whether it be his sincere desire and purpose thorough...
EXAMINE HIMSELF; as to his love to the Saviour, and his desire to honor him; as to his hatred of sin, and his longing for deliverance from it; his trust in the Redeemer, and disposition to imitate his...
Worthy and unworthy communicants:...
BUT LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF, AND SO LET HIM EAT OF THAT BREAD AND DRINK OF THAT CUP....
Chapter s 11 to 14 no longer consider the question of testimony or conduct as before the world, but rather the conduct, order, unity that is becoming in the Assembly, the body of Christ. Yet this is i...
BUT LET. MAN PROVE HIMSELF, AND SO LET HIM EAT OF THE BREAD, AND DRINK OF THE CUP. 'prove himself' -'have self-examination' (Ber); 'test himself' (Mof); 'Let each man look into his own heart.' (TCNT...
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...
He is to examine himself about his knowledge, whether he rightly understands what Christ is, what the nature of the sacrament is, what he doth in that sacred action; about his faith, love, repentance,...
But let a man prove [test] _himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup_. [A Christian confronting the communion should first test his sincerity (2 Corinthians 13:5), his state of h...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X But if any one, when he ought to listen to the precept, "But let each prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread," etc.,[176]...
1 Corinthians 11:28 But G1161 let G1381 man G444 examine G1381 (G5720) himself G1438 and G2532 so G3779
APPROACH TO WORSHIP (11:2-14:40). We now move on to a section which deals with the Christian approach to worship in the light of the particular problems of the Corinthian church. Chapter 11 covers the...
CRITICISMS AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE LORD'S SUPPER IN CHURCH WORSHIP (11:17-33). But Paul's dissatisfaction goes beyond just the covering of the hair and lack of restraint while praying and...
'But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.' So the warning comes that each one should test and prove himself, presumably by self-examination, by a coming to t...
The immediate object of this section is to denounce certain gross disorders in the celebration of this ordinance which had crept into the Corinthian church; but this gives occasion to so comprehensive...
1 Corinthians 11:28. BUT LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF since on himself will rest the ultimate responsibility, whoever else may examine him. AND SO (supposing the result satisfactory) LET HIM EAT OF THE B...
1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another i...
1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper, and one is hungry, and another i...
1 Corinthians 11:20. _When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another i...
1 Corinthians 11:18. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they whic...
The members of the church at Corinth abounded in gifts, and therefore they thought it meet for each one to speak to edification. They had no pastoral oversight whatever; acting, in this respect, like...
CONTENTS: Christian order and the Lord's supper. Meaning of the Lord's table. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Lord's supper is a memorial of His finished atonement, a parable of His pr...
1 Corinthians 11:2. _Keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you._ The apostle mentions these twice to the Thessalonians, and nearly in the same words. 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6
EVERYONE SHOULD EXAMINE HIMSELF FIRST. To be certain that his frame of reference is holy. _MacKnight_ says: "First, whether he comes to this service [rite] to keep up the memory of Christ: Secondly, w...
_Whosoever shall eat … and drink … unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord._ EATING AND DRINKING UNWORTHILY I. The sin consists in doing it-- 1. Ignorantly. 2. Irreverently....
_But let a man examine himself _ SELF-EXAMINATION I. Its necessity. 1. At all times. 2. Especially when we draw near unto God. 3. Most of all before communion. II. Its exercise. Should be-- 1....
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:2 Divisions over Corporate Worship. Paul addresses issues related to the Corinthians’ behavior in worship....
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:17 The Corinthians were using their gatherings around the Lord’s Table as occasions to make social distinctions between rich and poor. Paul is profoundly trouble...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:27 UNWORTHY MANNER probably refers to the Corinthians’ divisive arrogance compared to the sacrificial, unselfish nature of Jesus’ death. Before partaking of the...
CHAPTER 11 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER The Apostle proceeds to deal with the third point put before him, that of the veiling of women; for the Corinthians had asked of S. Paul whether or no women ought t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ NEW TOPIC: THE LORD’S SUPPER AND THE LOVE-FEASTS 1 Corinthians 11:17.—_Backward_ reference: _the directions just given_, and the general praise of 1 Corinthians 11:2, are not to be t...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 FOLLOWERS OF ME; rather, _imitators of me; _follow herein my example, as I follow Christ's. What Christ's example was, in that he too "pleased not himself," he sets for...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to I Corinthians 11. Paul here in the first verse said, Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1). In the previous verse he spoke about h...
1 Corinthians 11:31; 1 John 3:20; 1 John 3:21; 2 Corinthians 13:5;...
So. After self - examination and consequent knowledge of his spiritual state....
But let a man examine himself — Whether he know the nature and the design of the institution, and whether it be his own desire and purpose throughly to comply therewith....
Observe here, The duty required to prevent the danger of unworthy receiving, and that is, the great and necessary duty of examination.. metaphor taken from goldsmiths, who try the truth of their gold...