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OET interlinear 1 COR 11:29

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SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. ὁ
    2. ho
    3. the one
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. R····NMS
    7. the ‹one›
    8. the ‹one›
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117808
    1. Γάρ
    2. gar
    3. For/Because
    4. because
    5. 10630
    6. C·······
    7. for
    8. for
    9. S
    10. Y59
    11. 117809
    1. ἐσθίων
    2. esthiō
    3. eating
    4. -
    5. 20680
    6. VPPA·NMS
    7. eating
    8. eating
    9. -
    10. Y59; F117815; F117820
    11. 117810
    1. καί
    2. kai
    3. and
    4. -
    5. 25320
    6. C·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117811
    1. πίνων
    2. pinō
    3. drinking
    4. -
    5. 40950
    6. VPPA·NMS
    7. drinking
    8. drinking
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117812
    1. ἀναξίως
    2. anaxiōs
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 3710
    6. D·······
    7. unworthily
    8. unworthily
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 117813
    1. κρίμα
    2. krima
    3. judgement
    4. judgement
    5. 29170
    6. N····ANS
    7. judgement
    8. judgment
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117814
    1. ἑαυτῷ
    2. heautou
    3. on himself
    4. -
    5. 14380
    6. R···3DMS
    7. ˱on˲ himself
    8. ˱on˲ himself
    9. -
    10. Y59; R117810
    11. 117815
    1. ἐσθίει
    2. esthiō
    3. is eating
    4. -
    5. 20680
    6. VIPA3··S
    7. ˓is˒ eating
    8. ˓is˒ eating
    9. -
    10. Y59; F117826
    11. 117816
    1. καί
    2. kai
    3. and
    4. -
    5. 25320
    6. C·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117817
    1. πίνει
    2. pinō
    3. is drinking
    4. -
    5. 40950
    6. VIPA3··S
    7. ˓is˒ drinking
    8. ˓is˒ drinking
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117818
    1. μή
    2. mē
    3. not
    4. -
    5. 33610
    6. D·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117819
    1. διακρίνων
    2. diakrinō
    3. distinguishing
    4. -
    5. 12520
    6. VPPA·NMS
    7. distinguishing
    8. distinguishing
    9. -
    10. Y59; R117810
    11. 117820
    1. τό
    2. ho
    3. the
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····ANS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117821
    1. σῶμα
    2. sōma
    3. body
    4. -
    5. 49830
    6. N····ANS
    7. body
    8. body
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117822
    1. τοῦ
    2. ho
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 35880
    6. E····GMS
    7. ˱of˲ the
    8. ˱of˲ the
    9. -
    10. -
    11. 117823
    1. Κυρίου
    2. kurios
    3. -
    4. -
    5. 29620
    6. N····GMS
    7. master
    8. Lord
    9. GN
    10. -
    11. 117824

OET (OET-LV) For/Because the one eating and drinking judgement on_himself, is_eating and is_drinking not distinguishing the body.

OET (OET-RV) because anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body,[fn] eats and drinks judgement onto themself.

11:29 Discern/distinguish/recognise their own body? The master’s body? The whole group as a body? Unfortunately, we can’t ask Paul exactly what he meant here.

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 11:17–34: Eat the Lord’s Supper in the proper way

In this section Paul discussed some problems with how the believers in Corinth ate the Lord’s Supper. Some people started eating and did not wait for others to arrive. Some people ate too much while others had little or nothing.

Christians should eat the Lord’s Supper in order to remember the Lord Jesus. They should repent from sin before eating and drinking, and they should wait for everyone to arrive before beginning the Supper. If anyone is hungry, they should eat at home so that they do not come under judgment.

The celebration of the Lord’s Supper is also described in Matthew 26:26–28, Mark 14:22–24 and Luke 22:17–20.

Here are some other possible section headings:

How to observe/celebrate the Lord’s Supper

Instructions about the Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper should be honored

Paragraph 11:27–32

In this paragraph Paul taught believers to examine themselves before eating the Lord’s Supper, so that God will not judge them.

11:29a

For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body

For: The conjunction For introduces the reason for what Paul said in 11:28.

anyone who eats and drinks: The word anyone applies to all Christians.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

if you(plur) eat and drink

people who eat and drink

without recognizing the body: The Greek word that the BSB translates as recognizing is more literally “distinguishing” or “discerning.”

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

without careful regard for the body (NET)

if you do not recognize the meaning of the Lord’s body (GNT)

the body: There are two ways to interpret the expression the body:

  1. The body represents the Lord’s body which was sacrificed for us. For example:

    eat and drink without thinking, “This is the Lord’s body.”

    without thinking about the broken body of the Lord

    they do not think about how the Lord died for them

  2. The body represents people who believe in the Lord. For example:

    fail to understand that you are the body of the Lord (CEV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1) which has stronger support in the commentaries.See Thiselton p. 893 and Morris p. 161. Fee p. 563 represents option (2). However, many versions translate it literally to allow for either interpretation, and it may be possible for you to do so as well.

This verse is complicated by a textual issue:

  1. Some Greek manuscripts have only the word body. For example:

    the body (NJB) (BSB, NJB, RSV, NET, NASB, NCV, REB, ESV)

  2. Some Greek manuscripts say “the body of the Lord.” For example:

    the Lord’s body (GNT) (GNT, NIV, CEV, GW, NLT, KJV)

It is recommended that you follow option (1), which is followed by the UBS Greek New Testament. Although “the Lord” is not in the best Greek manuscripts, it can be understood as implicit information. You may choose to add it if it helps to make the meaning clear.

11:29b

eats and drinks judgment on himself.

eats and drinks judgment on himself: The phrase eats and drinks judgment on himself means “he brings judgment on himself through his eating and drinking.” By taking part in the Lord’s Supper in a wrong way, a person causes God to judge him.

judgment: The word judgment refers to God’s decision that something is wrong.

Here is another way to translate this clause:

God will punish him because of the way he eats and drinks

General Comment on 11:29a-b

In some languages it may be natural to reorder 11:29, as the NASB has done:

For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. (NASB)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μὴ διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ ἐσθίων καί πίνων κρίμα ἑαυτῷ ἐσθίει καί πίνει μή διακρίνων τό σῶμα)

Here, body could refer to: (1) the “church,” which is the body of Christ (for a similar use of body, see [12:27](../12/27.md)). The point would be that people are behaving during the Lord’s Supper in a way that does not respect fellow believers, who are the body of Christ. Alternate translation: [without discerning that fellow believers are the body] (2) the presence of the body of Christ in the Lord’s Supper itself. The point would be that believers are participating in the Lord’s Supper in a way that does not respect how Christ’s body is present in the bread and wine. Alternate translation: [without discerning the presence of the Lord’s body]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

κρίμα ἑαυτῷ, ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει

judgment ˱on˲_himself ˓is˒_eating (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Γάρ ἐσθίων καί πίνων κρίμα ἑαυτῷ ἐσθίει καί πίνει μή διακρίνων τό σῶμα)

Here Paul speaks as if people could “eat and drink” judgment. By speaking this way, Paul means that the result of their “eating and drinking” is not physical or spiritual nourishment but judgment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this figure of speech with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [is judged as a result of eating and drinking] or [eats and drinks with the result that he receives judgment]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

κρίμα ἑαυτῷ

judgment ˱on˲_himself

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind judgment, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “judge.” Paul implies that “God” is the one who is doing the “judging.” Alternate translation: [with the result that God judges him] or [the fact that God will judge him]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἑαυτῷ

˱on˲_himself

Here, himself is written in masculine form, but it refers to anyone, no matter what their gender might be. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind himselfby using a word that does not have gender, or you could use both genders. Alternate translation: [to himself or herself]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. For/Because
    2. because
    3. 10630
    4. S
    5. gar
    6. C-·······
    7. for
    8. for
    9. S
    10. Y59
    11. 117809
    1. the one
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. R-····NMS
    7. the ‹one›
    8. the ‹one›
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117808
    1. eating
    2. -
    3. 20680
    5. esthiō
    6. V-PPA·NMS
    7. eating
    8. eating
    9. -
    10. Y59; F117815; F117820
    11. 117810
    1. and
    2. -
    3. 25320
    5. kai
    6. C-·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117811
    1. drinking
    2. -
    3. 40950
    5. pinō
    6. V-PPA·NMS
    7. drinking
    8. drinking
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117812
    1. judgement
    2. judgement
    3. 29170
    5. krima
    6. N-····ANS
    7. judgement
    8. judgment
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117814
    1. on himself
    2. -
    3. 14380
    5. heautou
    6. R-···3DMS
    7. ˱on˲ himself
    8. ˱on˲ himself
    9. -
    10. Y59; R117810
    11. 117815
    1. is eating
    2. -
    3. 20680
    5. esthiō
    6. V-IPA3··S
    7. ˓is˒ eating
    8. ˓is˒ eating
    9. -
    10. Y59; F117826
    11. 117816
    1. and
    2. -
    3. 25320
    5. kai
    6. C-·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117817
    1. is drinking
    2. -
    3. 40950
    5. pinō
    6. V-IPA3··S
    7. ˓is˒ drinking
    8. ˓is˒ drinking
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117818
    1. not
    2. -
    3. 33610
    5. mē
    6. D-·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117819
    1. distinguishing
    2. -
    3. 12520
    5. diakrinō
    6. V-PPA·NMS
    7. distinguishing
    8. distinguishing
    9. -
    10. Y59; R117810
    11. 117820
    1. the
    2. -
    3. 35880
    5. ho
    6. E-····ANS
    7. the
    8. the
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117821
    1. body
    2. -
    3. 49830
    5. sōma
    6. N-····ANS
    7. body
    8. body
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 117822

OET (OET-LV) For/Because the one eating and drinking judgement on_himself, is_eating and is_drinking not distinguishing the body.

OET (OET-RV) because anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body,[fn] eats and drinks judgement onto themself.

11:29 Discern/distinguish/recognise their own body? The master’s body? The whole group as a body? Unfortunately, we can’t ask Paul exactly what he meant here.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

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