1 Corinthians 11:28,31 - Compare All Versions

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Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.

Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.

That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.

But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.

Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.

Anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Master irreverently is like part of the crowd that jeered and spit on him at his death. Is that the kind of “remembrance” you want to be part of? Examine your motives, test your heart, come to this meal in holy awe.

If you give no thought (or worse, don’t care) about the broken body of the Master when you eat and drink, you’re running the risk of serious consequences. That’s why so many of you even now are listless and sick, and others have gone to an early grave. If we get this straight now, we won’t have to be straightened out later on. Better to be confronted by the Master now than to face a fiery confrontation later.

But a person must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

But a person must [prayerfully] examine himself [and his relationship to Christ], and only when he has done so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

But if we evaluated and judged ourselves honestly [recognizing our shortcomings and correcting our behavior], we would not be judged.

A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.