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1 Corinthians 11:28–29

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But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
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From verse 28

  1. Galatians 6:4Rank 1 from verse 28
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    4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

  2. 2 Corinthians 13:5Rank 2 from verse 28
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    5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

  3. Lamentations 3:40Rank 3 from verse 28
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

  4. Matthew 5:23–24Rank 4 from verse 28
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    23Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

    24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

  5. 1 Corinthians 11:31Rank 5 from verse 28
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    31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

From verse 29

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:27Rank 1 from verse 29
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    27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

  2. 1 Corinthians 11:24Rank 2 from verse 29
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    24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

  3. 1 Corinthians 11:30Rank 3 from verse 29
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    30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

  4. 1 Corinthians 11:32–34Rank 4 from verse 29
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    32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

    33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

    34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

  5. Ecclesiastes 8:5Rank 5 from verse 29
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    5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

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1 Corinthians 11:28

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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examine

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To inspect, inquire into, question, test, or scrutinize carefully in order to discover the truth or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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1 Corinthians 11:29

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eateth

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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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damnation

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Sense 1: Condemnation; an adverse judgment or sentence. Sense 2: The punishment or destruction resulting from such judgment.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

discerning

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of discern, meaning to see or understand the difference; to make distinction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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11:17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

11:18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

11:19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

11:20When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

11:21For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

11:22What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

11:23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

11:24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

11:25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

11:26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

11:27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

11:28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

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11:29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

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11:30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

11:31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

11:32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

11:33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

11:34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

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