The Advantages of Self-Examination
1 Corinthians 11:28
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.


Self-examination is advantageous, as it —

I. GIVES US A TRUE SENSE OF OUR CONDITION.

II. INCLINES US TO BE FAVOURABLE AND TENDER IN OUR CENSURE OF OTHERS.

III. RENDERS US CAUTIOUS LEST WE CONTINUE TO OFFEND. No man would make himself his own enemy by wilfully committing sin, were he fully aware, at the time, of the sentence of condemnation which he must afterwards pass on himself.

IV. PREVENTS US FROM ENTERTAINING VAIN CONFIDENCE AND PRESUMPTION.

(J. Williamson.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

WEB: But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.




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