1 Corinthians 11:30

30 On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 11:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:30

For this cause many are weak and sickly
Because of their unworthy participation of the Lord's supper, many in the Corinthian church were attended with bodily infirmities and diseases; either by way of fatherly chastisement and correction in such who were truly the Lord's people, though they had behaved unworthily; or by way of punishment to such who were not, and had sinned very grossly:

and many sleep;
that is, die a corporeal death, which is often in Scripture signified by sleep, and frequently used of the saints, and their death, and may intend and include some of them here; for though the Lord might resent so far their unworthy conduct and behaviour at his table, as to remove them out of this world by death, yet their souls may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 11:30 In-Context

28 But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

29 For [the] eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.

30 On this account many among you [are] weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

31 But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.

32 But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.