1 Corinthians 11:28
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
KJV
δοκιμαζέτω δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἑαυτόν, καὶ οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ἄρτου ἐσθιέτω καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου πινέτω·
Greek NT
Probet autem seipsum homo : et sic de pane illo edat, et de calice bibat.
Vulgate
But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
ASV
But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δοκιμάζω
dokimazo
verb · 22×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
ποτήριον
poterion
noun · 31×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐσθίω
esthio
verb · 65×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1329The Lord's Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his Passion and because it anticipates the wedding feast of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.141 The Breaking of Bread, because Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meat when as master of the table he blessed and distributed the bread,142 above all at the Last S…
§1385To respond to this invitation we must prepare ourselves for so great and so holy a moment. St. Paul urges us to examine our conscience: "Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who eats an…
1. "Pange, lingua, gloriosi / Corporis mysterium / Sanguinisque pretiosi..." (St Thom., Hymn at the I Vesp. of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ). The day is now approaching, and has already practically begun, on which the Church will speak, through her solemn liturgy, in veneration of this mystery, by which she lives every day: the Eucharist. Gloriosi Co…
What is the benefit of such eating and drinking? These words, "Given and shed for you for the remission of sins," show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given us through these words. For where there is forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation. Who receives this Sacrament worthily? Fasting and bodily preparation are certainly fine…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. Why then does Christ call the bread his body and the cup his blood, or the new covenant in his blood, and Paul the participation in the body and blood of Christ? A. Christ has good reason for these words. He wants to teach us that as bread and wine nourish our temporal life, so too his crucified body and poured-out blood truly nourish our souls for eternal life. But more imp…
Q. Who are to come to the Lord's table? A. Those who are displeased with themselves because of their sins, but who nevertheless trust that their sins are pardoned and that their continuing weakness is covered by the suffering and death of Christ, and who also desire more and more to strengthen their faith and to lead a better life. Hypocrites and those who are unrepentant, howe…
Luther affirms that the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are the true body and blood of Christ, and that both elements should be given to laypeople, not withheld. The sacrament was instituted by Christ for Christians to eat and drink, not for priests to sacrifice. It is to be received in faith as a gift, not offered as a work.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:31 — For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
- 1Cor 11:31 — For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
- 1John 3:20 — For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
- 1Sam 16:5 — And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
- 2Chr 30:18 — 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
- 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- Deut 4:5 — Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
- Gal 6:4 — But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
- Gal 6:4 — But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
- Hag 1:5 — Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
- Hag 1:7 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
- Lam 3:40 — Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
- Lam 3:40 — Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
- Matt 5:23 — Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
- Matt 26:27 — And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
- Num 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.
- Ps 26:2 — Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
- Ps 26:6 — I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
- Ps 77:6 — I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- Zech 7:5 — Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?