Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along 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.
- 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.
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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, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
- Heb 12:5–11and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Ps 118:18Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
- Job 5:17–18“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
- Deut 8:5You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
- 1 Cor 11:30For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
- Jer 7:28You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to Yahweh their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’
- Job 34:31–32“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
- Ps 94:12–13Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law;
- 1 Jn 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
- Isa 1:5Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Job 33:18–30He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
- Zeph 3:2She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in Yahweh. She didn’t draw near to her God.
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