1 CORINTHIANS 11:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.”
For those who eat and drink without discerning the body eat and drink judgment on themselves — to eat without diakrinō (discerning) the body—that is, without recognizing Christ's real presence and the unity of the body of Christ that the Supper enacts—is to consume judgment (krima) upon oneself; the lack of discernment is not innocence but culpable blindness.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:29
“For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself.” What do you say, tell me? Is this Table which is the cause of so many blessings and teeming with life, become judgment? Not from its own nature, says he, but from the will of him that approaches. For as His presence, which conveyed to us those great and unutterable blessings, condemned the more them that received it not: so also the Mysteries become provisions of greater punishment to such as…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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