But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Parallel translations
- WEB But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
- KJV But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
- NKJV But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
- NASB But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
- NLT Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
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Quick answer
When the Lord judges believers, it is fatherly discipline to keep them from being condemned with the world. God's chastening is an expression of saving love.
Overview
Paul interprets the judgment on the Corinthians as the Lord's loving discipline of his own children, not their condemnation. This distinguishes the corrective trials of believers from the final judgment falling on the unbelieving world. The verse offers comfort: even God's chastening serves the security of those united to Christ, aiming at their good.
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- Prov 3:11–12My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- Heb 12:5–11And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Ps 118:18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
- Job 5:17–18Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Deut 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- 1 Cor 11:30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
- Jer 7:28Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
- Job 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- Ps 94:12–13Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- 1 Jn 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
- Isa 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Job 33:18–30to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Zeph 3:2She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
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