But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
Parallel translations
- WEB But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
- BSB Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
- NKJV But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
- NASB But a person must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
- NLT That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.
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Quick answer
Each person should examine himself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. Self-examination is the proper preparation for the Supper.
Overview
In light of the danger of unworthy participation, Paul calls for honest self-examination, testing one's heart, repentance, faith, and love toward others. This is not a counsel to abstain but to come rightly. The verse establishes the discipline of self-examination as integral to receiving the Supper worthily, with humble dependence on Christ's grace.
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Cross-references · 11
- Gal 6:4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
- 2 Cor 13:5Examine 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?
- Lam 3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
- Matt 5:23–24Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
- 1 Cor 11:31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
- Hag 1:5Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
- Ps 26:2–7Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
- Hag 1:7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
- 1 Jn 3:20–21For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
- Zech 7:5–7Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
- Num 9:10–13Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
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