But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
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Gill's Exposition
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily,.... As before explained, Co1 11:27 "eateth and drinketh damnation to himself"; or guilt, or judgment, or condemnation; for by either may the word be…
Barnes' Notes
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, 1Co 11:29); if he has true repentance for his sins;…
Adam Clarke
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 point out the…
To rectify these gross corruptions and irregularities, the apostle sets the sacred institution here to view. This should be the rule in the reformation of all abuses.
I. He tells us how he came by the…
Cambridge Bible
examine himself Preve, Wiclif. Probet, Vulgate. That is, testhimself, ascertain his own condition (Gal 6:4). The same word is used of the weather, and of God's times and seasons (St Luk 12:56); of…
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