But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should 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.
- BSB But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 3:11–12My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
- Heb 12:5–11And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Ps 118:18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
- Job 5:17–18Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
- Deut 8:5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
- 1 Cor 11:30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
- Jer 7:28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
- Job 34:31–32Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
- Ps 94:12–13Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
- 1 Jn 5:19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
- Isa 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Job 33:18–30He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Rom 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
- Zeph 3:2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
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