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| + | By "judge ourselves" Paul repeats the idea he gave in verse 28 in different words: As we partake of the sacrament, we should judge, or examine ourselves, and if we do, we will escape the judgement of God. However, Paul then says that being judged by God is not necessarily a bad thing (verse 29), for if God judges and chastens us today, we will not be condemned with the world at the last day. | ||
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| + | Paul's views on self-judgement here offer a counterpoint to a previous argument he made on the frailty of human judgement in [[1 Cor 4:3]]. The apparent contradiction arises from the fact that in this scripture, Paul speaks of judgement exclusively associated with partaking the sacrament, whereas [[1 Cor 4]] speaks of judgement we pass on ourselves and others in daily life, which is bound to be faulty, self-serving, or biased. Perhaps the sacrament offers us the best possible circumstances to judge ourselves in righteousness, if we truly understand what the symbols of the sacrament mean. | ||
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Exegesis
Verse 31-32
By "judge ourselves" Paul repeats the idea he gave in verse 28 in different words: As we partake of the sacrament, we should judge, or examine ourselves, and if we do, we will escape the judgement of God. However, Paul then says that being judged by God is not necessarily a bad thing (verse 29), for if God judges and chastens us today, we will not be condemned with the world at the last day.
Paul's views on self-judgement here offer a counterpoint to a previous argument he made on the frailty of human judgement in 1 Cor 4:3. The apparent contradiction arises from the fact that in this scripture, Paul speaks of judgement exclusively associated with partaking the sacrament, whereas 1 Cor 4 speaks of judgement we pass on ourselves and others in daily life, which is bound to be faulty, self-serving, or biased. Perhaps the sacrament offers us the best possible circumstances to judge ourselves in righteousness, if we truly understand what the symbols of the sacrament mean.
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Verse 31
- Judge ourselves. See this post for discussion about God judging us vs. judging ourselves. In particular, note BrianJ's comment #20 which sketches one way to read this verse.
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