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with their own meanings. In fact, the Greek word for
judge, krino, has seven different meanings, much
like the word love in English, which can include the
meanings of affection, attraction, admiration,
devotion, loyalty (and even a zero score in tennis!),
and can be applied to humans as well as physical
objects. As such, knowing which original Greek
word was used, and which meaning of that word was
intended by the author, is crucial to arriving at an
accurate understanding of the passage as a whole.
So let me show you the meanings of the key
Greek words used in 1 Corinthians 11:29–32, how
they reveal to us that God does not punish, judge, or
chasten His children with sickness and death, and
how they actually apply to you, the believer.
Let’s start with verse 28: “Let a man examine
himself.” The word examine is the Greek word
dokimazo (Strong’s #1381), which Vine’s Expository
Dictionary of Biblical Words defines as “to prove
with a view to approving” or “to approve, deem
worthy.” To examine yourself is to know God
approves of you partaking and receiving what Jesus
suffered to give you. When you partake of the
Communion, you are examining yourself rightly
when you say, “I know the purpose of the Lord’s
Supper. I know His body was broken for my