Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 11:28 - 11:28

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 11:28 - 11:28


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28. δοκιμαζέτω. Preve, Wiclif. Probet, Vulgate. That is, test himself, ascertain his own condition (Gal 6:4). The same word is used of the weather, and of God’s times and seasons (Luk 12:56); of beasts of burden (Luk 14:19); of moral questions (Rom 2:18); of the “Will of God (Rom 12:2); of the action of fire (1Co 3:13). Sometimes it refers to the results of the process, think fit, approve, as in Rom 1:28; Rom 14:22; 1Co 16:3. Cf. Aristotle, Nic. Eth. VIII. 4 οὐ γὰρ ῥᾴδιον οὐδενὶ πιστεῦσαι περὶ τοῦ ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ ὑπ' αὐτῶν δεδοκιμασμένου. Here it means that the communicant is to institute a scrutiny into his own heart and motives (cf. 2Co 13:5), with a view of ascertaining whether his moral condition be really in keeping with the sacred feast to which he is bidden. See the answer to the question ‘What is required of them who come to the Lord’s Supper?’ in the Church Catechism. Also cf. Jud 1:12.