1 CORINTHIANS 11:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”
Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world — Paul reframes the judgment as paideia (discipline, correction), not ultimate condemnation; God's judgment of his people aims at their restoration and salvation, not their ruin, distinguishing Christian discipline from the final condemnation of the world.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:32
“But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord.” He said not, we are punished, he said not, we have vengeance taken on us, but, “we are chastened.” For what is done belongs rather to admonition than condemnation, to healing than vengeance, to correction than punishment. And not so only but by the threat of a greater evil he makes the present light, saying, “that we may not be condemned with the world.” Do you see how he brings in hell also and that tremendous…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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