1 Corinthians 11:29

“For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, etc.] As before explained, (<461127>1 Corinthians 11:27) “eateth and drinketh damnation to himself”; or guilt, or judgment, or condemnation; for by either may the word be rendered; nor is eternal damnation here meant; but with respect to the Lord’s own people, who may through unbelief, the weakness of grace, and strength of corruption, behave unworthily at this supper, temporal chastisement, which is distinguished from condemnation with the world, and is inflicted in order to prevent it, (<461132>1 Corinthians 11:32) and with respect to others it intends temporal punishment, as afflictions and diseases of body, or corporeal death, as it is…”

“damnation--A mistranslation which has put a stumbling-block in the way of many in respect to communicating. The right translation is "judgment." The judgment is described (Co1 11:30-32) as temporal. not discerning--not duty judging: not distinguishing in judgment (so the Greek: the sin and its punishment thus being marked as corresponding) from common food, the sacramental pledges of the Lord's body. Most of the oldest manuscripts omit "Lord's" (see Co1 11:27). Omitting also "unworthily," with most of the oldest manuscripts, we must translate, "He that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, IF he discern not the body" (Heb 10:29). The Church is "the body of Christ"…”

“For he that eateth ... - In order to excite them to a deeper reverence for this ordinance, and to a more solemn mode of observing it, Paul in this verse states another consequence of partaking of it in an improper and irreverent manner; compare 1 Corinthians 11:27. Eateth and drinketh damnation - This is evidently a figurative expression, meaning that by eating and drinking improperly he incurs condemnation; which is here expressed by eating and drinking condemnation itself. The word “damnation” we now apply, in common language, exclusively to the future and final punishment of the wicked in hell. But the word used here does not of necessity refer to that; and according to our use of the…”

“For he that eateth and drinketh so unworthily as those Corinthians did, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself - Temporal judgments of various kinds, Co1 11:30. Not distinguishing the sacred tokens of the Lord's body - From his common food. 1 Corinthians 11:30”

“11:29-30 In light of 11:27, the body of Christ is probably to be understood here as a reference to the death of Christ, not to the church, though some interpret it that way. • Those who eat the bread or drink the cup unworthily thereby invoke God’s judgment upon themselves. Such judgment may be expressed in infirmities, sickness, and even death (cp. Acts 5:5, 10).”

“damnation: or, judgment, Κριμα \[Strong's G2917\], judgment, or punishment, not damnation, for it was inflicted upon the disorderly and profane for their amendment. Co1 11:30, Co1 11:32-34; Rom 13:2 \*Gr: Jam 3:1, Jam 5:12 \*marg. not: Co1 11:24, Co1 11:27; Ecc 8:5; Heb 5:14 1 Corinthians 11:30”