1 CORINTHIANS 11:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.”
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep — Paul presents a sobering consequence: the illnesses (astheneō, arrōsteō) and deaths (koimaō, fallen asleep) among them are divine discipline resulting from their irreverent approach to the Supper; the judgment is not eschatological but immediate and tangible.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:30
“For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.” Here he no longer brings his examples from others as he did in the case of the idol-sacrifices, relating the ancient histories and the chastisements in the wilderness, but from the Corinthians themselves; which also made the discourse apt to strike them more keenly. For whereas he was saying, “he eats judgment to himself,” and, “he is guilty;” that he might not seem to speak mere words, he points to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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