1 Corinthians 11:30

For if we would judge ourselves,.... Examine, try, and prove ourselves as above directed, before we eat and drink; or condemn ourselves, by confessing, acknowledging, and mourning over sin, and by…

For this cause - On account of the improper manner of celebrating the Lord’s Supper; see 1Co 11:21. Many are weak - (ἀσθενεῖς astheneis). Evidently referring to prevailing bodily sickness and…

For 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…

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…

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you If the body be the temple of the Lord (ch. 1Co 6:19), we can well understand how a crime against His Body and Blood (1Co 11:11) would deprive the body…