The bold say as Job, “If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit– let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless– if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.” (Job 31:5-8)
The humble and wise first judge themself – finding improper thoughts to stop, finding acts of love to commit to, and asking God for forgiveness and the will to follow through with these changes. “If we judge ourselves, we would not come under judgment” (31). The wisdom God showed Paul is about stepping on the judgment scales, and he gave it to the Corinthian congregation.
Some in the congregation in Corinth were guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. (27) They did not allow the poor to participate in the Lord’s Supper. Others got drunk. (21) They did not step onto the judgment scales. God placed them on the scales and they were not approved by God just as Cain was not approved. (19; Genesis 4:1-13) Others were approved by God, as Abel’s sacrifice was approved.
The unapproved fell under the Lord’s discipline, as a father disciplines his children (31-32). Some were weak and sick. Others fell asleep; that is, their physical bodies ceased to function (30). Do not be condemned with the world. Submit to the Lord’s discipline and change.
