1 Corinthians 11:31

31 If we were judging ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.

1 Corinthians 11:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:31

For if we would judge ourselves
Examine, try, and prove ourselves as above directed, before we eat and drink; or condemn ourselves, by confessing, acknowledging, and mourning over sin, and by repentance for it; or separate ourselves from the company of profane sinners, come out from among them, and touch not their unclean things; or join with them in their unfruitful works of darkness:

we should not be judged;
by the Lord; he would not inflict these diseases, sicknesses, and death.

1 Corinthians 11:31 In-Context

29 Anyone who eats and drinks is eating and drinking a judgment against himself when he doesn't recognize the Lord's body.

30 This is the reason why many of you are weak and sick and quite a number [of you] have died.

31 If we were judging ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.

32 But when the Lord judges us, he disciplines us so that we won't be condemned along with the rest of the world.

33 Therefore, brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, wait for each other.