1 Corinthians 11:27 KJV
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
Old Words
- Wherefore why; therefore
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Scofield Notes
- unworthilyi.e. in an unworthy manner; cf. vs. 1 Cor 11:20–22.
Matthew Henry
- He reminds them of the nature and design of its institutionThe apostle describes the sacred ordinance, of which he had the knowledge by revelation from Christ. As to the visible signs, these are the bread and wine....
Parallel Passages
- Leviticus 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
- Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- Numbers 9:10 Speak 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.
- Numbers 9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
- Leviticus 10:1–3 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. …
- 2 Chronicles 30:18–20 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one …
- Matthew 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- John 6:63–64 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. …
- John 13:18–27 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. …
- 1 Corinthians 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
- Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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Topics
- Corinth Immortalities in
- Eucharist (the Lord’s supper) General scriptures concerning
- Self-examination General scriptures concerning
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The First Epistle to the Corinthians
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Strong’s Numbers
- Wherefore ὥστε hṓste
- whosoever ὅς hós ἄν án
- shall eat ἐσθίω esthíō
- this τοῦτον toûton
- bread ἄρτος ártos
- and ἤ ḗ
- drink πίνω pínō
- cup ποτήριον potḗrion
- of the Lord κύριος kýrios
- unworthily ἀναξίως anaxíōs
- shall be ἔσομαι ésomai
- guilty ἔνοχος énochos
- of the body σῶμα sōma
- and καί kaí
- blood αἷμα haîma
- of the Lord κύριος kýrios
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