1 Corinthians 11:29

“For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.”

"For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body." - 1 Corinthians 11:29
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What does 1 Corinthians 11:29 mean?

1 Corinthians 11:29 (KJV) states: “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.” This verse is a part of the larger passage in 1 Corinthians 11 that focuses on the practice of the Lord’s Supper, or…

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Discerning the Body: A Call to Reverence and Reflection

In the heart-stirring exhortation found in 1 Corinthians 11:29, the Apostle Paul delivers a sobering reminder about the sacredness of the communion experience: “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.”…

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A Prayer of Reverence and Reflection on the Lord's Supper

Heavenly Father, As I come before You in prayer today, I pause to acknowledge the magnitude and significance of the sacred act of communion, as conveyed through the words of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:29, "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh…

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1 Corinthians 11:29 - "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body." The image should not depict explicit or offensive content but be symbolic.
1 Corinthians 11:26-29
1 Corinthians 11:26-29
2 Corinthians 11:29 - "Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?"
1 Corinthians 1:29 - "That no flesh should glory in his presence."
1 Corinthians 14:29 - "Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge."
Jeremiah 29:11
1 Corinthians 12:29 - "Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?"
"That no flesh should glory in his presence." - 1 Corinthians 1:29
1 Corinthians 11:8 - "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man."
"Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?" - 2 Corinthians 11:29
1 Corinthians 11:1 - "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
1 Corinthians 7:29 - "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;"
1 Chronicles 11:29 - "Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,"
1 Corinthians 11:11 - "Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 15:29 - "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?"
1 Kings 11:29-32
1 Corinthians 15:8-11
1 Corinthians 10:29 - "Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?"
1 Corinthians 1:28-29 - "God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God."
1 Corinthians 11:9 - "Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."
1 Corinthians 11:31 - "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."
1 Corinthians 11:30 - "For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."
1 Corinthians 11:13 - "Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?"
1 Corinthians 11:10 - "For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels."
1 Corinthians 11:20 - "When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper."
1 Corinthians 1:11 - "For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you."
1 Corinthians 11:32 - "But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world."
1 Corinthians 11:16 - "But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God."