1 Corinthians 11:27

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.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Wherefore	Ὥστε Hōste	G5620	so too · conjunction
whosoever	ὃς hos	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
eat	ἐσθίῃ esthiē	G2068	used only in certain tenses · verb — present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular
this	τοῦτον toûton	G5126	this (person
bread	ἄρτον arton	G740	bread (as raised) or a loaf · noun — accusative singular masculine
and	ἢ ē	G2228	disjunctive · conjunction
drink	πίνῃ pinē	G4095	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb — present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular
cup	ποτήριον potērion	G4221	a drinking-vessel · noun — accusative singular neuter
Lord	κυρίου kuriou	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
unworthily	ἀναξίως anaxiōs	G371	irreverently · adverb
be	ἔσομαι ésomai	G2071	will be
of	ἔνοχος enochos	G1777	liable to (a condition · adjective — nominative singular masculine
body	σώματος sōmatos	G4983	the body (as a sound whole) · noun — genitive singular neuter
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
blood	αἵματος aimatos	G129	blood · noun — genitive singular neuter
Lord	κυρίου. kuriou	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title

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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 m…
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…
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…
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 f…
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 jour…
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.
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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:23–end

To rectify these gross corruptions and irregularities, the apostle sets the sacred institution here to view. This should be the rule in the reformation of all abuses. I. He tells us how he came by the knowledge of it. He was not among the apostles at the first institution; but he had received from the Lord what he delivered to them, Co1 11:23. He had the knowledge of this matter by revelation from Christ: and what he had received he communicated, without varying from the truth a tittle, without adding or diminishing. II. He gives us a more particular account of the institution than we meet with elsewhere. We have here an account, 1. Of the author - our Lord Jesus Christ. The king of the chur…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:27

eat and drink--So one of the oldest manuscripts reads. But three or four equally old manuscripts, the Vulgate and CYPRIAN, read, "or." Romanists quote this reading in favor of communion in one kind. This consequence does not follow. Paul says, "Whosoever is guilty of unworthy conduct, either in eating the bread, or in drinking the cup, is guilty of the body and blood of Christ." Impropriety in only one of the two elements, vitiates true communion in both. Therefore, in the end of the verse, he says, not "body or blood," but "body and blood." Any who takes the bread without the wine, or the wine without the bread, "unworthily" communicates, and so "is guilty of Christ's body and blood"; for h…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 11:27

Whosoever shall eat - and drink - unworthily - To put a final end to controversies and perplexities relative to these words and the context, let the reader observe, that to eat and drink the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper unworthily, is to eat and drink as the Corinthians did, who ate it not in reference to Jesus Christ's sacrificial death; but rather in such a way as the Israelites did the passover, which they celebrated in remembrance of their deliverance from Egyptian bondage. Likewise, these mongrel Christians at Corinth used it as a kind of historical commemoration of the death of Christ; and did not, in the whole institution, discern the Lord's body and blood as a sacrificial offe…

The Church Fathers

What does it mean to receive unworthily? To receive in mockery, to receive in contempt.
— Augustine of Hippo, SERMON 227

That the Eucharist is to be received with fear and honour. In Leviticus: "But whatever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of salvation, which is the Lord's, and his uncleanness is still upon him, that soul shall perish from his people." Also in the first to the Corinthians: "Whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord."
— Cyprian, Treatise XII. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

For although in smaller sins sinners may do penance for a set time, and according to the rules of discipline come to public confession, and by imposition of the hand of the bishop and clergy receive the right of communion: now with their time still unfulfilled, while persecution is still raging, while the peace of the Church itself is not yet restored, they are admitted to communion, and their name is presented; and while the penitence is not yet performed, confession is not yet made, the hands of the bishop and clergy are not yet laid upon them, the eucharist is given to them; although it is written, "Whosoever shall eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord."
— Cyprian, Epistle IX

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Lords Supper — The words which thus describe the great central act of the worship of the Christian Church occur but in a single passage of the New Testament— (1 Corinthians 11:20)
Luke, Gospel according to — Was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord’s ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly…
Communion Of The Lord’s Supper · Unworthy partakers of: Are guilty of the body and blood of Christ — Unworthy partakers of: Are guilty of the body and blood of Christ
Death Of Christ, The · Commemorated in the ordinance of the Lord’s supper — Commemorated in the ordinance of the Lord’s supper
Eucharist (The Lord’s Supper) · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Corinthians 11:27

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:27

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 11:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Corinthians 11:27

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:27

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 11:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 11:27

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 11:23-29

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 11:27