²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ^||ye do shew the Lord’s death ^still he come. ²⁷Wherefore ^twhosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, ^uunworthily, shall be ^wguilty of ^xthe body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸But ^ylet a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. ²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh ^||damnation to himself, not ^zdiscerning the Lord’s body. ³⁰For this cause many are weak and ^asickly among you, and many ^bsleep. ³¹For ^cif we would ^djudge ourselves, we should not be judged. ³²But when we are judged, ^ewe are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

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Footnotes

||Or, shew ye.
s John 14:3. & 21:22. ch. 4:5. & 15:23. See Matt. 16:27.
tComp. Num. 9:10, 13.
uComp. John 13:27.
wSee Mark 3:29.
y 2 Cor. 13:5. Gal. 6:4. So Ecclus. 18:20. 1 John 3:20, 21. See Rom. 2:18.
||Or, judgment. Gk. as ver. 34. Rom. 13:2.
zGk. as ch. 4:7 marg.
aComp. Ecclus. 38:15. John 5:14.
bSee Matt. 27:52.
cSee Ps. 32:5.
dch. 6:5. & 14:29.
eSee Prov. 3:11. So Heb. 12:7–10.

Cross references

x John 6:51, 53–56.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

So, then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup. For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep. If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged, but when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we may not be condemned with the world.

NLTNew Living Translation

For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.

But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat from the bread and let him drink from the cup. For the one who eats and drinks, if he does not recognize the body, eats and drinks judgment against himself. Because of this, many are weak and sick among you, and quite a few have died. But if we were evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged. But if we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined, in order that we will not be condemned with the world.