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Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. . 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. 13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Paul, having answered the cases put to him, proceeds in this chapter to the redress of grievances. The Romans 11:1 of the chapter is put, by those who divided the epistle into chapters, as a preface to the rest of the epistle, but seems to have been a more proper close to the last, in which he had enforced the cautions he had given against the abuse of liberty, by his own example: Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ ( Romans 11:1 ; Romans 11:1 ), fitly closes his argument; and the way of speaking in the Romans 11:2 looks like a transition to another. But, whether it more properly belong to this or the last chapter, it is plain from it that Paul not only preached such doctrine as they ought to believe, but led such a life as they ought to imitate. "Be ye followers of me," that is, "Be imitators of me; live as you see me live." Note, Ministers are likely to preach most to the purpose when they can press their hearers to follow their example. Yet would not Paul be followed blindly neither. He encourages neither implicit faith nor obedience. He would be followed himself no further than he followed Christ. Christ's pattern is a copy without a blot; so is no man's else. Note, We should follow no leader further than he follows Christ. Apostles should be left by us when they deviate from the example of their Master. He passes next to reprehend and reform an indecency among them, of which the women were more especially guilty, concerning which observe, I. How he prefaces it. He begins with a commendation of what was praiseworthy in them ( Romans 11:2 ; Romans 11:2 ): I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you. Many of them, it is probable, did this in the strictest sense of the expression: and he takes occasion thence to address the body of the church under this good character; and the body might, in the main, have continued to observe the ordinances and institutions of Christ, though in some things they deviated from, and corrupted, them. Note, When we reprove what is amiss in any, it is very prudent and fit to commend what is good in them; it will show that the reproof is not from ill-will, and a humour of censuring and finding fault; and it will therefore procure the more regard to it. II. How he lays the foundation for his reprehension by asserting the superiority of the man over the woman: I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. Christ, in his mediatorial character and glorified humanity, is at the head of mankind. He is not only first of the kind, but Lord and Sovereign. He has a name above every name: though in this high office and authority he has a superior, God being his head. And as God is the head of Christ, and Christ the head of the whole human kind, so the man is the head of the tow sexes: not indeed with such dominion as Christ has over the kind or God has over the man Christ Jesus; but a superiority and headship he has, and the woman should be in subjection and not assume or usurp the man's place. This is the situation in which God has placed her; and for that reason she should have a mind suited to her rank, and not do any thing that looks like an affectation of changing places. Something like this the women of the church of Corinth seem to have been guilty of, who were under inspiration, and prayed and prophesied even in their assemblies, Romans 11:5 ; Romans 11:5 . It is indeed an apostolical canon, that the women should keep silence in the churches ( Romans 14:34 ; 1 Timothy 2:12 ), which some understand without limitation, as if a woman under inspiration also must keep silence, which seems very well to agree with the connection of the apostle's discourse, Romans 14:1-23 ; Romans 14:1-23 . Others with a limitation: though a woman might not from her own abilities pretend to teach, or so much as question and debate any thing in the church yet when under inspiration the case was altered, she had liberty to speak. Or, though she might not preach even by inspiration (because teaching is the business of a superior), yet she might pray or utter hymns by inspiration, even in the public assembly. She did not show any affectation of superiority over the man by such acts of public worship. It is plain the apostle does not in this place prohibit the thing, but reprehend the manner of doing it. And yet he might utterly disallow the thing and lay an unlimited restraint on the woman in another part of the epistle. These things are not contradictory. It is to his present purpose to reprehend the manner wherein the women prayed and prophesied in the church, without determining in this place whether they did well or ill in praying or prophesying. Note, The manner of doing a thing enters into the morality of it. We must not only be concerned to do good, but that the good we do be well done. III. The thing he reprehends is the woman's praying or prophesying uncovered, or the man's doing either covered, Romans 11:4 ; Romans 11:5 . To understand this, it must be observed that it was a signification either of shame or subjection for persons to be veiled, or covered, in the eastern countries, contrary to the custom of ours, where the being bare-headed betokens subjection, and being covered superiority and dominion. And this will help us the better to understand, IV. The reasons on which he grounds his reprehension. 1. The man that prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonoureth his head, namely, Christ, the head of every man ( Romans 11:3 ; Romans 11:3 ), by appearing in a habit unsuitable to the rank in which God has placed him. Note, We should, even in our dress and habits, avoid every thing that may dishonour Christ. The woman, on the other hand, who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head, namely, the man, Romans 11:3 ; Romans 11:3 . She appears in the dress of her superior, and throws off the token of her subjection. She might, with equal decency, cut her hair short, or cut it close, which was the custom of the man in that age. This would be in a manner to declare that she was desirous of changing sexes, a manifest affectation of that superiority which God had conferred on the other sex. And this was probably the fault of these prophetesses in the church of Corinth. It was doing a thing which, in that age of the world, betokened superiority, and therefore a tacit claim of what did not belong to them but the other sex. Note, The sexes should not affect to change places. The order in which divine wisdom has placed persons and things is best and fittest: to endeavour to amend it is to destroy all order, and introduce confusion. The woman should keep to the rank God has chosen for her, and not dishonour her head; for this, in the result, is to dishonour God. If she was made out of the man, and for the man, and made to be the glory of the man, she should do nothing, especially in public, that looks like a wish of having this order inverted. 2. Another reason against this conduct is that the man is the image and glory of God, the representative of that glorious dominion and headship which God has over the world. It is the man who is set at the head of this lower creation, and therein he bears the resemblance of God. The woman, on the other hand, is the glory of the man ( Romans 11:7 ; Romans 11:7 ): she is his representative. Not but she has dominion over the inferior creatures, as she is a partaker of human nature, and so far is God's representative too, but it is at second-hand. She is the image of God, inasmuch as she is the image of the man: For the man was not made out of the woman, but the woman out of the man, Romans 11:8 ; Romans 11:8 . The man was first made, and made head of the creation here below, and therein the image of the divine dominion; and the woman was made out of the man, and shone with a reflection of his glory, being made superior to the other creatures here below, but in subjection to her husband, and deriving that honour from him out of whom she was made. 3. The woman was made for the man, to be his help-meet, and not the man for the woman. She was naturally, therefore, made subject to him, because made for him, for his use, and help, and comfort. And she who was intended to be always in subjection to the man should do nothing, in Christian assemblies, that looks like an affectation of equality. 4. She ought to have power on her head, because of the angels. Power, that is, a veil, the token, not of her having the power or superiority, but being under the power of her husband, subjected to him, and inferior to the other sex. Rebekah, when she met Isaac, and was delivering herself into his possession, put on her veil, in token of her subjection, Genesis 24:65 . Thus would the apostle have the women appear In Christian assemblies, even though they spoke there by inspiration, because of the angels, that is, say some, because of the evil angels. The woman was first in the transgression, being deceived by the devil ( 1 Timothy 2:14 ), which increased her subjection to man, Genesis 3:16 . Now, believe evil angels will be sure to mix in all Christian assemblies, therefore should women wear the token of their shamefacedness and subjection, which in that age and country, was a veil. Others say because of the good angels. Jews and Christians have had an opinion that these ministering spirits are many of them present in their assemblies. Their presence should restrain Christians from all indecencies in the worship of God. Note, We should learn from all to behave in the public assemblies of divine worship so as to express a reverence for God, and a content and satisfaction with that rank in which he has placed us. V. He thinks fit to guard his argument with a caution lest the inference be carried too far ( Romans 11:11 ; Romans 11:12 ): Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man in the Lord. They were made for one another. It is not good for him to be alone ( Genesis 2:18 ), and therefore was a woman made, and made for the man; and the man was intended to be a comfort, and help, and defence, to the woman, though not so directly and immediately made for her. They were made to be a mutual comfort and blessing, not one a slave and the other a tyrant. Both were to be one flesh ( Genesis 2:24 ), and this for the propagation of a race of mankind. They are reciprocal instruments of each other's production. As the woman was first formed out of the man, the man is ever since propagated by the woman ( Romans 11:12 ; Romans 11:12 ), all by the divine wisdom and power of the First Cause so ordaining it. The authority and subjection should be no greater than are suitable to two in such near relation and close union to each other. Note, As it is the will of God that the woman know her place, so it is his will also that the man abuse not his power. VI. He enforces his argument from the natural covering provided for the woman ( Romans 11:13-15 ; Romans 11:13-15 ): " Judge in yourselves --consult your own reason, hearken to what nature suggests-- is it comely for a woman to pray to God uncovered? Should there not be a distinction kept up between the sexes in wearing their hair, since nature has made one? Is it not a distinction which nature has kept up among all civilized nations? The woman's hair is a natural covering; to wear it long is a glory to her; but for a man to have long hair, or cherish it, is a token of softness and effeminacy." Note, It should be our concern, especially in Christian and religious assemblies, to make no breach upon the rules of natural decency. VII. He sums up all by referring those who were contentious to the usages and customs of the churches, Romans 11:16 ; Romans 11:16 . Custom is in a great measure the rule of decency. And the common practice of the churches is what would have them govern themselves by. He does not silence the contentious by mere authority, but lets them know that they would appear to the world as very odd and singular in their humour if they would quarrel for a custom to which all the churches of Christ were at that time utter strangers, or against a custom in which they all concurred, and that upon the ground of natural decency. It was the common usage of the churches for women to appear in public assemblies, and join in public worship, veiled; and it was manifestly decent that they should do so. Those must be very contentious indeed who would quarrel with this, or lay it aside. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-17-22" class="com-number"
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**1절 — 바울의 본을 따르라**
> 여러분은 나를 본받는 사람이 되십시오. 내가 그리스도를 본받는 것처럼 말입니다. (고전 11:1)
이 구절은 10장의 결론에 더 자연스럽게 속하지만, 현재의 장 구분에서는 11장 머리에 놓여 있다. 바울은 10장에서 자신의 삶을 본으로 들어 자유를 남용하지 말 것을 권면하였다. "나를 본받으라"는 것은 곧 "내가 사는 대로 살라"는 뜻이다.
주목하라. 목회자는 말로만 가르치는 것이 아니라 삶으로 가르칠 때 가장 강력하다. 그러나 바울은 무조건적인 복종을 요구하지 않았다. 그는 맹목적인 순종을 권하지 않고, 자신을 따르되 자신이 그리스도를 따르는 한에서만 따르라고 했다. 그리스도의 본은 흠 없는 원본이지만, 어떤 사람의 본도 그렇지 않다. 주목하라. 우리는 어떤 지도자도 그가 그리스도를 따르는 한에서만 따라야 한다. 사도들이 그 주인의 본에서 벗어날 때에는, 우리도 그들에게서 벗어나야 한다.
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**1-16절 — 예배 시 복장에 관한 지침**
### 단락 서론
바울은 다음으로 고린도 교회에서 여성들이 특히 범하고 있던 결례(缺禮)를 책망하고 바로잡는다. 이를 두 가지로 나누어 살펴볼 수 있다.
**첫째, 책망 전 칭찬이다(고전 11:2).** 바울은 먼저 칭찬할 수 있는 것을 칭찬한다. "나는 여러분을 칭찬합니다. 여러분이 모든 일에서 나를 기억하고, 내가 전해 준 그대로 그 전통들을 굳게 지키고 있기 때문입니다." 많은 교인이 이 말에 충실했을 것이며, 교회 전체는 대체로 그리스도의 규례를 지켜 왔다. 다만 몇 가지 점에서 이를 벗어나고 변질시켰다.
주목하라. 잘못된 것을 책망할 때에는, 칭찬할 만한 것을 먼저 칭찬하는 것이 현명하고 합당하다. 그렇게 하면 책망이 악의나 흠잡기 좋아하는 기질에서 나온 것이 아님을 보여 주어, 책망이 더욱 잘 받아들여진다.
**둘째, 책망의 근거를 세운다.** 바울은 남자가 여자보다 우위에 있음을 단언한다(고전 11:3).
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### 2-3절 — 머리됨의 질서
> 그러나 나는 여러분이 이것을 알기를 바랍니다. 모든 남자의 머리는 그리스도이시고, 여자의 머리는 남자이며, 그리스도의 머리는 하나님이십니다. (고전 11:3)
중보자로서의 그리스도, 곧 영광스럽게 높임을 받은 인성(人性) 안에서의 그리스도는 인류의 머리이시다. 그는 단순히 종류의 처음이 아니라 주요 주권자이시다. 그는 모든 이름 위에 뛰어난 이름을 가지셨다. 그러나 이 높은 직분과 권위 안에서도 그는 상위자를 가지시니, 하나님이 그의 머리이시다. 하나님이 그리스도의 머리이시듯, 그리스도가 인류 전체의 머리이시듯, 남자는 두 성(性)의 머리이다. 물론 그리스도가 인류를 다스리시는 것과 같은 지배권이나, 하나님이 인간 그리스도 예수를 다스리시는 것과 같은 방식으로 그런 것은 아니다. 그러나 남자에게는 우위와 머리됨이 있으며, 여자는 이에 복종해야 하고 남자의 자리를 취하거나 빼앗으려 해서는 안 된다. 이것이 하나님께서 그녀에게 정하신 위치이다. 따라서 그녀는 자신의 위치에 맞는 마음을 가져야 하며, 자리를 바꾸려는 것처럼 보이는 어떤 것도 해서는 안 된다.
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### 4-10절 — 머리 가리개에 관한 규범
> 머리에 무엇을 쓴 채 기도하거나 예언하는 남자는 누구든지 자기 머리를 욕되게 하는 것입니다. 그러나 머리를 가리지 않은 채 기도하거나 예언하는 여자는 누구든지 자기 머리를 욕되게 하는 것입니다. 그것은 머리를 민 것과 똑같은 일입니다. 만일 여자가 머리를 가리지 않으려면 차라리 머리도 깎으십시오. 그러나 여자가 머리를 깎거나 미는 것이 부끄러운 일이라면, 머리를 가리십시오. 남자는 머리를 가리지 않아야 마땅합니다. 남자는 하나님의 형상이며 영광이기 때문입니다. 그러나 여자는 남자의 영광입니다. 남자가 여자에게서 난 것이 아니라, 여자가 남자에게서 났기 때문입니다. 또한 남자가 여자를 위하여 지음을 받은 것이 아니라, 여자가 남자를 위하여 지음을 받았기 때문입니다. 이런 까닭에 여자는 천사들 때문에 자기 머리 위에 권위의 표를 두어야 합니다. (고전 11:4-10)
여자는 머리를 가려야 하지만 남자는 가려서는 안 된다. 왜냐하면:
1. **남자는 하나님의 형상과 영광이기 때문이다.** 남자는 창조 순서에서 하나님을 직접 대표하는 위치에 있다.
2. **여자는 남자의 영광이기 때문이다.** 여자는 남자를 위해 만들어졌고, 창조 안에서 남자의 영광을 드러내는 존재이다.
3. **창조 순서 때문이다.** 여자가 남자에게서 났고, 여자가 남자를 위해 만들어졌다.
4. **천사들 때문이다.** 여자는 천사들 앞에서 하나님이 정하신 창조 질서를 존중하는 표로 머리 위에 권위의 표를 두어야 한다.
머리를 드러낸 채 기도하거나 예언하는 여자는, 머리를 민 것과 같이 부끄러운 일을 행하는 것이다. 그것이 부끄럽다면, 그에 상응하는 수치를 스스로 드러내지 않도록 머리를 가려야 한다.
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### 11-16절 — 상호 의존과 자연의 가르침
> 그렇지만 주 안에서는 여자가 남자 없이 있는 것도 아니고, 남자가 여자 없이 있는 것도 아닙니다. 여자가 남자에게서 났듯이, 남자도 여자를 통하여 나기 때문입니다. 그러나 모든 것은 하나님에게서 납니다. 여러분 스스로 판단해 보십시오. 여자가 머리를 가리지 않은 채 하나님께 기도하는 것이 옳습니까? 본성 자체가 여러분에게 가르쳐 주지 않습니까? 남자가 긴 머리를 하면 그것이 그에게 수치가 된다는 것을 말입니다. 그러나 여자가 긴 머리를 하면 그것은 그에게 영광이 됩니다. 그 머리카락은 가리개로 그에게 주어진 것이기 때문입니다. 그러나 누구든지 다투려 한다면, 우리에게는 그런 관습이 없고 하나님의 교회들에도 없습니다. (고전 11:11-16)
바울은 남자와 여자의 우열 관계를 말한 뒤, 주 안에서 두 성(性)이 서로 의존적임을 덧붙인다. 여자가 남자에게서 처음 창조되었지만, 이후로는 남자도 여자를 통해 태어난다. 그리고 모든 것은 하나님에게서 난다. 이는 어느 한 성이 다른 성보다 더 독립적이거나 완전하다고 자만할 수 없음을 가르친다.
바울은 또한 자연의 가르침을 내세운다. 남자가 긴 머리를 하면 수치이지만, 여자에게 긴 머리는 영광이다. 자연 자체가 두 성 사이의 구별을 가르치고 있다.
마지막으로 바울은 단호하게 결론 짓는다. 이 문제를 다투고자 하는 사람이 있다면, 우리에게도 하나님의 교회들에도 그러한 관습은 없다. 논쟁하는 사람은 자신의 생각을 세상에서도 교회에서도 지지받을 수 없다는 것을 알아야 한다.
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F I R S T C O R I N T H I A N S. CHAP. XI. In this chapter the apostle blames, and endeavours to rectify, some great indecencies and manifest disorders in the church of Corinth; as, I. The misconduct of their women (some of whom seem to have been inspired) in the public assembly, who laid by their veils, the common token of subjection to their husbands in that part of the world. This behaviour he reprehends, requires them to keep veiled, asserts the superiority of the husband, yet so as to remind the husband that both were made for mutual help and comfort, Romans 11:1-16 . II. He blames them for their discord and neglect and contempt of the poor, at the Lord's supper, Romans 11:17-22 . III. To rectify these scandalous disorders, he sets before them the nature and intentions of this holy institution, directs them how they should attend on it, and warns them of the danger of a conduct to indecent as theirs, and of all unworthy receiving, Romans 11:23-34 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-16" class="com-number"
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고린도전서 11장은 두 가지 중요한 주제를 다룬다. 전반부(1-16절)에서는 예배 시 머리 가리개에 관한 규범과 그 신학적 근거를, 후반부(17-34절)에서는 성만찬의 올바른 거행 방식과 고린도 교회의 심각한 남용을 다룬다. 바울은 각 문제를 창조 질서와 그리스도의 제정 명령에 근거하여 교정한다.
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Profanation of the Lord's Supper. . 17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. 21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. In this passage the apostle sharply rebukes them for much greater disorders than the former, in their partaking of the Lord's supper, which was commonly done in the first ages, as the ancients tell us, with a love-feast annexed, which gave occasion to the scandalous disorders which the apostle here reprehends, concerning which observe, I. The manner in which he introduces his charge: " Now in this that I declare to you I praise you not, Romans 11:17 ; Romans 11:17 . I cannot commend, but must blame and condemn you." It is plain, from the beginning of the chapter, that he was willing and pleased to commend as far as he could. But such scandalous disorders, in so sacred an institution, as they were guilty of, called for a sharp reprehension. They quite turned the institution against itself. It was intended to make them better, to promote their spiritual interests; but it really made them worse. They came together, not for the better, but for the worse. Note, The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, will be very apt to make us worse; if they do not do our souls good, they do us harm; if they do not melt and mend, they will harden. Corruptions will be confirmed in us, if the proper means do not work a cure of them. II. He enters upon his charge against them in more particulars than one. 1. He tells them that, upon coming together, they fell into divisions, schisms -- schismata. Instead of concurring unanimously in celebrating the ordinance, they fell a quarrelling with one another. Note, There may be schism where there is no separation of communion. Persons may come together in the same church, and sit down at the same table of the Lord, and yet be schismatics. Uncharitableness, alienation of affection, especially if it grows up to discord, and feuds, and contentions, constitute schism. Christians may separate from each other's communion, and yet be uncharitable one towards another; they may continue in the same communion, and yet be uncharitable. This latter is schism, rather than the former. The apostle had heard a report of the Corinthians' divisions, and he tells them he had too much reason to believe it. For, adds he, there must be heresies also; not only quarrels, but factions, and perhaps such corrupt opinions as strike at the foundation of Christianity, and all sound religion. Note, No marvel there should be breaches of Christian love in the churches, when such offences will come as shall make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. Such offences must come. Note that men are necessitated to be guilty of them; but the event is certain, and God permits them, that those who are approved (such honest hearts as will bear the trial) may be set to view, and appear faithful by their constant adherence to the truths and ways of God, notwithstanding the temptations of seducers. Note, The wisdom of God can make the wickedness and errors of others a foil to the piety and integrity of the saints. 2. He charges them not only with discord and division, but with scandalous disorder: For in eating every one taketh before the other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken, Romans 11:21 ; Romans 11:21 . Heathens used to drink plentifully at their feasts upon their sacrifices. Many of the wealthier Corinthians seem to have taken the same liberty at the Lord's table, or at least at their Agapai, or love-feasts, that were annexed to the supper. They would not stay for one another; the rich despised the poor, and ate and drank up the provisions they themselves brought, before the poor were allowed to partake; and thus some wanted, while others had more than enough. This was profaning a sacred institution, and corrupting a divine ordinance, to the last degree. What was appointed to feed the soul was employed to feed their lusts and passions. What should have been a bond of mutual amity and affection was made an instrument of discord and disunion. The poor were deprived of the food prepared for them, and the rich turned a feast of charity into a debauch. This was scandalous irregularity. III. The apostle lays the blame of this conduct closely on them, 1. By telling them that their conduct perfectly destroyed the purpose and use of such an institution: This is not to eat the Lord's supper, Romans 11:20 ; Romans 11:20 . It was coming to the Lord's table, and not coming. They might as well have staid away. Thus to eat the outward elements was not to eat Christ's body. Note, There is a careless and irregular eating of the Lord's supper which is as none at all; it will turn to no account, but to increase guilt. Such an eating was that of the Corinthians; their practices were a direct contradiction to the purposes of this sacred institution. 2. Their conduct carried in it a contempt of God's house, or of the church, Romans 11:22 ; Romans 11:22 . If they had a mind to feast, they might do it at home in their own houses; but to come to the Lord's table, and cabal and quarrel, and keep the poor from their share of the provision there made for them as well as rich, was such an abuse of the ordinance, and such a contempt of the poorer members of the church more especially, as merited a very sharp rebuke. Such a behaviour tended much to the shame and discouragement of the poor, whose souls were as dear to Christ, and cost him as much, as those of the rich. Note, Common meals may be managed after a common manner, but religious feasts should be attended religiously. Note, also, It is a heinous evil, and severely to be censured, for Christians to treat their fellow-christians with contempt and insolence, but especially at the Lord's table. This is doing what they can to pour contempt on divine ordinances. And we should look carefully to it that nothing in our behaviour at the Lord's table have the appearance of contemning so sacred an institution. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-23-34" class="com-number"
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### 단락 서론
이 단락에서 바울은 앞의 결례보다 훨씬 심각한 잘못, 곧 성만찬을 참람되게 다루는 것을 날카롭게 책망한다. 고대 교부들에 따르면, 초대 교회에서 성만찬은 흔히 애찬(사랑의 식사)과 함께 거행되었는데, 이것이 바울이 책망하는 수치스러운 무질서의 계기가 되었다.
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### 17절 — 책망의 서두
> 그런데 이 명령을 주면서 나는 여러분을 칭찬하지 않습니다. 여러분이 함께 모이는 것이 유익이 아니라 도리어 해가 되기 때문입니다. (고전 11:17)
바울은 가능한 한 칭찬하려 했음이 이 장 초반부터 분명하다. 그러나 이처럼 거룩한 제도 안에서 수치스러운 무질서는 날카로운 책망을 요청한다. 그들은 성만찬의 목적 자체를 뒤집어 버렸다. 성만찬은 그들을 더 낫게 하여 영적 유익을 주기 위한 것인데, 오히려 더 나쁘게 만들었다. 그들은 유익을 위해서가 아니라 해를 위해 함께 모인 것이 되었다.
주목하라. 그리스도의 규례들은 우리를 더 낫게 하지 않으면, 우리를 더 나쁘게 만들기 쉽다. 녹이고 고치지 않으면, 굳게 할 것이다. 올바른 수단이 병을 고치지 않으면, 부패는 더욱 굳어진다.
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### 18-19절 — 분열과 이단
> 무엇보다 먼저, 여러분이 교회로 함께 모일 때에 여러분 가운데 분열이 있다는 말을 내가 듣고 있으며, 어느 정도는 그 말을 믿습니다. 여러분 가운데 분파가 있을 수밖에 없습니다. 그래야 인정받은 사람들이 여러분 가운데 드러나기 때문입니다. (고전 11:18-19)
그들은 함께 모여 규례를 거행하는 대신, 서로 다투고 싸웠다. 주목하라. 교제를 나누면서도 분열이 있을 수 있다. 사람들은 같은 교회에 모이고 같은 주의 식탁에 앉으면서도 분열주의자가 될 수 있다. 불화와 애정의 소원함, 특히 그것이 다툼과 원한과 분쟁으로 자라날 때, 그것이 분열이다. 교제를 분리하는 것보다 교제를 유지하면서도 불화하는 것이 오히려 분열이다.
바울은 분열뿐 아니라 이단, 곧 근본적인 기독교와 건전한 종교를 허무는 타락한 견해들도 있을 것이라고 말한다. 그러나 이는 하나님의 허용 안에 있다. 하나님의 지혜는 다른 사람들의 악함과 오류를 성도들의 경건과 신실함을 돋보이게 하는 배경으로 삼으신다.
주목하라. 하나님의 지혜는 사람들의 악함과 오류를 성도들의 경건과 신실함이 드러나는 배경으로 삼으신다.
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### 20-22절 — 주의 만찬을 욕되게 함
> 그러므로 여러분이 함께 모일 때에 먹는 것은 주의 만찬이 아닙니다. 여러분이 먹을 때에 저마다 자기 음식을 먼저 먹어 버려서, 어떤 사람은 배고프고 어떤 사람은 취하기 때문입니다. 무슨 일입니까? 여러분에게 먹고 마실 집이 없습니까? 아니면 여러분이 하나님의 교회를 업신여기고, 가진 것이 없는 사람들을 부끄럽게 하는 것입니까? 내가 여러분에게 무슨 말을 하겠습니까? 여러분을 칭찬할까요? 이 일에 대해서는 칭찬하지 않습니다. (고전 11:20-22)
이교도들은 제물에 드린 잔치에서 마음껏 먹고 마셨다. 고린도의 부유한 많은 이들도 주의 식탁에서, 혹은 성만찬에 붙어 있던 애찬에서 같은 자유를 취한 것처럼 보인다. 그들은 서로를 기다리지 않았다. 부자들은 가난한 이들을 업신여기며, 자기들이 가져온 음식을 가난한 이들이 몫을 받기 전에 먹어 버렸다. 그래서 어떤 이는 부족하고 어떤 이는 넘쳤다. 이것은 거룩한 제도를 모독하고 신성한 규례를 타락시키는 것이었다.
주목하라. 이것은 불규칙한 수치스러운 행동이었다. 첫째, 그들의 행동은 제도의 목적과 용도를 완전히 파괴했다. 그것은 주의 만찬에 오는 것이 아니라, 안 오는 것이나 마찬가지였다. 겉으로 드러나는 요소들을 먹는 것이 그리스도의 몸을 먹는 것이 아니었다. 주목하라. 주의 만찬을 무주의하고 불규칙하게 먹는 것은 아무 유익이 없으며, 오히려 죄책을 더할 뿐이다.
둘째, 그들의 행동은 하나님의 집을 멸시하는 것을 담고 있었다. 잔치를 열고 싶었다면 집에서 하면 되었다. 그러나 주의 식탁에 와서 파당을 짓고 다투며, 가난한 이들이 마땅히 받아야 할 몫을 빼앗는 것은 규례를 남용하고, 특히 교회의 가난한 지체들을 멸시하는 것으로 마땅히 날카로운 책망을 받아야 했다.
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Design of the Lord's Supper. . 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. To rectify these gross corruptions and irregularities, the apostle sets the sacred institution here to view. This should be the rule in the reformation of all abuses. I. He tells us how he came by the knowledge of it. He was not among the apostles at the first institution; but he had received from the Lord what he delivered to them, Romans 11:23 ; Romans 11:23 . He had the knowledge of this matter by revelation from Christ: and what he had received he communicated, without varying from the truth a tittle, without adding or diminishing. II. He gives us a more particular account of the institution than we meet with elsewhere. We have here an account, 1. Of the author--our Lord Jesus Christ. The king of the church only has power to institute sacraments. 2. The time of the institution: It was the very night wherein he was betrayed; just as he was entering on his sufferings which are therein to be commemorated. 3. The institution itself. Our Saviour took bread, and when he had given thanks, or blessed (as it is in Matthew 26:26 ), he broke, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, broken for you; this do in remembrance of me. And in like manner he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood; this do, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me, Romans 11:24 ; Romans 11:25 . Here observe, (1.) The materials of this sacrament; both, [1.] As to the visible signs; these are bread and the cup, the former of which is called bread many times over in this passage, even after what the papists call consecration. What is eaten is called bread, though it be at the same time said to be the body of the Lord, a plain argument that the apostle knew nothing of their monstrous and absurd doctrine of transubstantiation. The latter is as plainly a part of this institution as words can make it. St. Matthew tells us, our Lord bade them all drink of it ( Matthew 26:27 ; Matthew 26:27 ), as if he would, by this expression, lay in a caveat against the papists' depriving the laity of the cup. Bread and the cup are both made use of, because it is a holy feast. Nor is it here, or any where, made necessary, that any particular liquor should be in the cup. In one evangelist, indeed, it is plain that wine was the liquor used by our Saviour, though it was, perhaps, mingled with water, according to the Jewish custom; vide Lightfoot on Matthew 26:27 . But this by no means renders it unlawful to have a sacrament where persons cannot come at wine. In every place of scripture in which we have an account of this part of the institution it is always expressed by a figure. The cup is put for what was in it, without once specifying what the liquor was, in the words of the institution. [2.] The things signified by these outward signs; they are Christ's body and blood, his body broken, his blood shed, together with all the benefits which flow from his death and sacrifice: it is the New Testament in his blood. His blood is the seal and sanction of all the privileges of the new covenant; and worthy receivers take it as such, at this holy ordinance. They have the New Testament, and their own title to all the blessings of the new covenant, confirmed to them by his blood. (2.) We have here the sacramental actions, the manner in which the materials of the sacrament are to be used. [1.] Our Saviour's actions, which are taking the bread and cup, giving thanks, breaking the bread, and giving about both the one and the other. [2.] The actions of the communicants, which were to take the bread and eat, to take the cup and drink, and both in remembrance of Christ. But the external acts are not the whole nor the principal part of what is to be done at this holy ordinance; each of them has a significancy. Our Saviour, having undertaken to make an offering of himself to God, and procure, by his death, the remission of sins, with all other gospel benefits, for true believers, did, at the institution, deliver his body and blood, with all the benefits procured by his death, to his disciples, and continues to do the same every time the ordinance is administered to the true believers. This is here exhibited, or set forth, as the food of souls. And as food, though ever so wholesome or rich, will yield no nourishment without being eaten, here the communicants are to take and eat, or to receive Christ and feed upon him, his grace and benefits, and by faith convert them into nourishment to their souls. They are to take him as their Lord and life, yield themselves up to him, and live upon him. He is our life, Colossians 3:4 . (3.) We have here an account of the ends of this institution. [1.] It was appointed to be done in remembrance of Christ, to keep fresh in our minds an ancient favour, his dying for us, as well as to remember an absent friend, even Christ interceding for us, in virtue of his death, at God's right hand. The best of friends, and the greatest acts of kindness, are here to be remembered, with the exercise of suitable affections and graces. The motto on this ordinance, and the very meaning of it, is, When this you see, remember me. [2.] It was to show forth Christ's death, to declare and publish it. It is not barely in remembrance of Christ, of what he has done and suffered, that this ordinance was instituted; but to commemorate, to celebrate, his glorious condescension and grace in our redemption. We declare his death to be our life, the spring of all our comforts and hopes. And we glory in such a declaration; we show forth his death, and spread it before God, as our accepted sacrifice and ransom. We set it in view of our own faith, for our own comfort and quickening; and we own before the world, by this very service, that we are the disciples of Christ, who trust in him alone for salvation and acceptance with God. (4.) It is moreover hinted here, concerning this ordinance, [1.] That it should be frequent: As often as you eat this bread, c. Our bodily meals return often we cannot maintain life and health without this. And it is fit that this spiritual diet should be taken often tool The ancient churches celebrated this ordinance every Lord's day, if not every day when they assembled for worship. [2.] That it must be perpetual. It is to be celebrated till the Lord shall come; till he shall come the second time, without sin, for the salvation of those that believe, and to judge the world. This is our warrant for keeping this feast. It was our Lord's will that we should thus celebrate the memorials of his death and passion, till he come in his own glory, and the Father's glory, with his holy angels, and put an end to the present state of things, and his own mediatorial administration, by passing the final sentence. Note, The Lord's supper is not a temporary, but a standing and perpetual ordinance. III. He lays before the Corinthians the danger of receiving unworthily, of prostituting this institution as they did, and using it to the purposes of feasting and faction, with intentions opposite to its design, or a temper of mind altogether unsuitable to it; or keeping up the covenant with sin and death, while they are there professedly renewing and confirming their covenant with God. 1. It is great guilt which such contract. They shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord ( Romans 11:27 ; Romans 11:27 ), of violating this sacred institution, of despising his body and blood. They act as if they counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith they are sanctified, an unholy thing, Hebrews 10:29 . They profane the institution, and in a manner crucify their Saviour over again. Instead of being cleansed by his blood, they are guilty of his blood. 2. It is a great hazard which they run: They eat and drink judgment to themselves, Romans 11:29 ; Romans 11:29 . They provoke God, and are likely to bring down punishment on themselves. No doubt but they incur great guilt, and so render themselves liable to damnation, to spiritual judgments and eternal misery. Every sin is in its own nature damning; and therefore surely so heinous a sin as profaning such a holy ordinance is so. And it is profaned in the grossest sense by such irreverence and rudeness as the Corinthians were guilty of. But fearful believers should not be discouraged from attending at this holy ordinance by the sound of these words, as if they bound upon themselves the sentence of damnation by coming to the table of the Lord unprepared. Thus sin, as well as all others, leaves room for forgiveness upon repentance; and the Holy Spirit never indited this passage of scripture to deter serious Christians from their duty, though the devil has often made this advantage of it, and robbed good Christians of their choicest comforts. The Corinthians came to the Lord's table as to a common feast, not discerning the Lord's body --not making a difference or distinction between that and common food, but setting both on a level: nay, they used much more indecency at this sacred feast than they would have done at a civil one. This was very sinful in them, and very displeasing to God, and brought down his judgments on them: For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. Some were punished with sickness, and some with death. Note, A careless and irreverent receiving of the Lord's supper may bring temporal punishments. Yet the connection seems to imply that even those who were thus punished were in a state of favour with God, at least many of them: They were chastened of the Lord, that they should not be condemned with the world, Romans 11:32 ; Romans 11:32 . Now divine chastening is a sign of divine love: Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ( Hebrews 12:6 ), especially with so merciful a purpose, to prevent their final condemnation. In the midst of judgment, God remembers mercy: he frequently punishes those whom he tenderly loves. It is kindness to use the rod to prevent the child's ruin. He will visit such iniquity as this under consideration with stripes, and yet make those stripes the evidence of his lovingkindness. Those were in the favour of God who yet so highly offended him in this instance, and brought down judgments on themselves; at least many of them were; for they were punished by him out of fatherly good-will, punished now that they might not perish for ever. Note, It is better to bear trouble in this world than to be miserable to eternity. And God punishes his people now, to prevent their eternal woe. IV. He points out the duty of those who would come to the Lord's table. 1. In general: Let a man examine himself ( Romans 11:28 ; Romans 11:28 ), try and approve himself. Let him consider the sacred intention of this holy ordinance, its nature, and use, and compare his own views in attending on it and his disposition of mind for it; and, when he has approved himself to his own conscience in the sight of God, then let him attend. Such self-examination is necessary to a right attendance at this holy ordinance. Note, Those who, through weakness of understanding, cannot try themselves, are by no means fit to eat of this bread and drink of this cup; nor those who, upon a fair trial, have just ground to charge themselves with impenitency, unbelief, and alienation from the life of God. Those should have the wedding-garment on who would be welcome at this marriage-feast--grace in habit, and grace in exercise. 2. The duty of those who were yet unpunished for their profanation of this ordinance: If we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged, Romans 11:31 ; Romans 11:31 . If we would thoroughly search and explore ourselves, and condemn and correct what we find amiss, we should prevent divine judgments. Note, To be exact and severe on ourselves and our own conduct is the most proper way in the world not to fall under the just severity of our heavenly Father. We must not judge others, lest we be judged ( Matthew 7:1 ); but we must judge ourselves, to prevent our being judged and condemned by God. We may be critical as to ourselves, but should be very candid in judging others. V. He closes all with a caution against the irregularities of which they were guilty ( Romans 11:33 ; Romans 11:34 ), charging them to avoid all indecency at the Lord's table. They were to eat for hunger and pleasure only at home, and not to change the holy supper to a common feast; and much less eat up the provisions before those who could bring none did partake of them, lest they should come together for condemnation. Note, Our holy duties, through our own abuse, may prove matter of condemnation. Christians may keep Sabbaths, hear sermons, attend at sacraments, and only aggravate guilt, and bring on a heavier doom. A sad but serious truth! O! let all look to it that they do not come together at any time to God's worship, and all the while provoke him, and bring down vengeance on themselves. Holy things are to be used in a holy manner, or else they are profaned. What else was amiss in this matter, he tells them, he would rectify when he came to them. return to ' Top of Page ' 1 Corinthians 1Co 10 1 Corinthians 1Co 1 Corinthians 1Co 12 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11". 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Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-1co-11-003
절 (explains)
bible-text/1co-11-23, bible-text/1co-11-24, bible-text/1co-11-25, bible-text/1co-11-26, bible-text/1co-11-27, bible-text/1co-11-28, bible-text/1co-11-29, bible-text/1co-11-30, bible-text/1co-11-31, bible-text/1co-11-32, bible-text/1co-11-33, bible-text/1co-11-34
Source
source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
### 단락 서론
이 심각한 타락과 불규칙을 바로잡기 위해, 바울은 주님의 거룩한 제도를 눈앞에 제시한다. 모든 남용의 개혁에서 이것이 기준이 되어야 한다.
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### 23-26절 — 제정의 기원과 내용
> 나는 주께 받은 것을 여러분에게 전해 주었습니다. 곧 주 예수께서 배신당하시던 밤에 빵을 드시고, 감사를 드리신 뒤에 그것을 떼시며 말씀하셨습니다. "받아서 먹으라. 이것은 너희를 위하여 찢기는 내 몸이다. 이것을 행하여 나를 기억하라." 식사를 마치신 뒤에 잔도 같은 모양으로 드시고 말씀하셨습니다. "이 잔은 내 피로 세우는 새 언약이다. 너희가 마실 때마다 이것을 행하여 나를 기억하라." 여러분이 이 빵을 먹고 이 잔을 마실 때마다, 주께서 오실 때까지 주의 죽으심을 전하는 것입니다. (고전 11:23-26)
**첫째, 바울이 이것을 어떻게 알게 되었는지에 대해.** 그는 처음 제정 때 사도들 가운데 있지 않았으나, 그리스도로부터 계시를 통해 이 지식을 받았다. 그리고 받은 것을 한 글자도 더하거나 빼지 않고 전달하였다.
**둘째, 제도 자체에 대해.** 바울은 다른 어느 곳보다 더 자세하게 성만찬의 제정을 기록한다.
1. **제정자** — 우리 주 예수 그리스도이시다. 교회의 왕만이 성례를 제정할 권한을 가지신다.
2. **제정 시기** — 그가 배신당하시던 바로 그 밤이었다. 그가 자신의 고난, 즉 이 성례에서 기념할 고난에 들어가시는 바로 그 순간이었다.
3. **제정의 내용** — 우리 구주께서는 빵을 취하시고, 감사를 드리시거나 복을 비신 후(마 26:26 참조), 떼시며 말씀하셨다. "받아서 먹으라. 이것은 너희를 위하여 찢기는 내 몸이다. 이것을 행하여 나를 기억하라." 그리고 같은 방식으로 잔도 취하시고 말씀하셨다. "이 잔은 내 피로 세우는 새 언약이다. 너희가 마실 때마다 이것을 행하여 나를 기억하라."
**이 제도의 재료에 대하여.** 눈에 보이는 표지는 빵과 잔이다. 먹는 것은 이 구절 어디서나 여러 번 "빵"이라고 불린다. 교황주의자들이 이른바 성변화(transubstantiation)라고 부르는 것 이후에도 그렇다. 먹히는 것이 "빵"이라고 불리지만, 동시에 "주의 몸"이라고도 한다. 이것은 사도가 그들의 기괴하고 불합리한 성변화 교리를 전혀 알지 못했음을 보여 주는 분명한 논거이다.
잔은 이 제도의 한 부분으로서 빵과 마찬가지로 분명하다. 마태는 예수께서 그들 모두에게 마시라고 하셨다고 전한다(마 26:27). 마치 평신도에게서 잔을 빼앗는 교황주의자들을 미리 경계한 것처럼.
**표지가 나타내는 것들에 대하여.** 이 외적 표지들이 나타내는 것은 그리스도의 몸과 피, 찢겨진 그의 몸, 흘린 그의 피, 그리고 그의 죽음과 희생에서 흘러나오는 모든 유익이다. 그것은 그의 피 안에 있는 새 언약이다. 그의 피는 새 언약의 모든 특권의 보증과 확인이다. 합당하게 받는 자들은 새 언약, 그리고 새 언약의 모든 복에 대한 자신의 권리가 그의 피로 확인됨을 받는다.
**성만찬의 의미에 대하여.** 빵을 먹고 잔을 마실 때마다, 주께서 오실 때까지 그의 죽으심을 전한다. 성만찬은 그리스도의 죽음을 선포하는 것이다. 영적 음식은 아무리 건강에 좋아도 먹지 않으면 영양이 되지 않는다. 성만찬에서 신자들은 그리스도를 취하고 그리스도를 먹어야 한다. 즉 그리스도와 그의 은혜와 유익들을 믿음으로 받아들이고, 그것들을 영혼의 양식으로 삼아야 한다. 그들은 그리스도를 자신들의 주와 생명으로 취하고 그에게 자신을 드려야 한다.
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### 27-29절 — 합당하지 않게 먹고 마시는 것의 위험
> 그러므로 누구든지 합당하지 않게 이 빵을 먹거나 주의 잔을 마시는 사람은 주의 몸과 피에 대하여 죄를 짓는 것입니다. 그러니 사람은 자기 자신을 살핀 뒤에, 그렇게 그 빵을 먹고 그 잔을 마시도록 하십시오. 합당하지 않게 먹고 마시는 사람은, 주의 몸을 분별하지 못하면, 자기 자신에게 임할 심판을 먹고 마시는 것입니다. (고전 11:27-29)
이 구절에서 바울은 엄숙한 경고를 내린다. 성만찬을 합당하지 않게 거행하는 것은 주의 몸과 피에 대하여 죄를 짓는 것이다.
**"합당하지 않게"란 무엇인가?** 여기서 "합당하지 않게"라는 말은 고린도 신자들이 행한 것처럼, 부끄럽고 무질서하게 먹고 마시는 것을 가리킨다. 먹는 것이 거룩한 본성을 인식하지 못하고 아무렇게나 하는 것이다.
**"주의 몸을 분별하지 못한다"는 것.** 그리스도의 몸을 보통 음식과 구별하지 못하는 것이다. 주의 만찬에 있는 것의 거룩한 성격과 의미를 인식하지 못하는 것이다. 이런 식으로 먹고 마시는 자는 자기에게 심판을 먹고 마신다.
**자기 자신을 살피라는 명령.** 따라서 바울은 성만찬에 참여하기 전에 먼저 자기 자신을 살펴야 한다고 명한다. 이 자기 성찰은 무엇을 위한 것인가? 성만찬에서 먹고 마시는 것의 의미를 이해하고 있는지, 그리스도를 믿는 믿음이 있는지, 올바른 마음으로 나아가는지를 살피는 것이다.
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### 30-32절 — 고린도 교회의 징계
> 이런 까닭에 여러분 가운데 약한 사람과 병든 사람이 많고, 잠든 사람도 적지 않습니다. 우리가 우리 자신을 분별했더라면, 심판을 받지 않을 것입니다. 그러나 우리가 심판을 받는 것은 주께 징계를 받는 것이니, 이는 우리가 세상과 함께 정죄받지 않게 하시려는 것입니다. (고전 11:30-32)
바울은 고린도 교회에 질병과 죽음이 많은 것이 이 성만찬의 남용에 대한 하나님의 심판임을 밝힌다. "잠든 사람"이란 죽은 자들을 가리킨다.
그러나 바울은 이 심판이 구원하는 목적을 가짐을 강조한다. 하나님이 신자들을 심판하시는 것은 징계이지, 세상과 함께 정죄하시려는 것이 아니다.
주목하라. 우리가 스스로를 바르게 분별하고 판단했더라면, 주께서 우리를 심판하시지 않을 것이다. 자기 성찰과 회개는 주의 징계를 막는 방패이다. 주는 그의 백성을 징계하실 때 그들을 사랑하신다. 그 목적은 그들이 세상과 함께 정죄받지 않도록 하려는 것이다.
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### 33-34절 — 실천적 결론
> 그러므로 내 형제들이여, 여러분이 먹으려고 함께 모일 때에 서로 기다리십시오. 누구든지 배고프면 집에서 먹으십시오. 그래야 여러분이 함께 모이는 것이 심판이 되지 않습니다. 나머지 일들은 내가 갈 때에 바로잡겠습니다. (고전 11:33-34)
바울은 실천적인 지침으로 결론을 맺는다.
**첫째, 서로 기다리라.** 성만찬에서 모일 때는 서로를 기다려야 한다. 각자 따로 먹지 않고 함께 기다리는 것이, 이 규례의 공동체적 성격을 나타낸다.
**둘째, 배고프면 집에서 먹으라.** 단순한 육신의 허기를 채우기 위한 것이라면, 집에서 먹으면 된다. 성만찬은 영적인 의미를 위한 것이지, 배를 채우기 위한 것이 아니다.
**셋째, 나머지 일들은 직접 갈 때 처리하겠다.** 바울은 편지로 다 다룰 수 없는 문제들은 직접 방문하여 정리할 것을 약속한다.
이처럼 이 규례를 바르게 지키면 모이는 것이 심판이 되지 않는다. 반대로 바르게 지키지 않으면, 그것이 영적 손해와 하나님의 심판이 된다.
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