King James Version

1 Corinthians 11:31

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “for” (δὲ) before ourselves here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “for” (γὰρ) before ourselves here.

εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἑαυτοὺςheautousourselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “ourselves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.ourselvesδιεκρίνομενdiekrinomento judgeδιακρίνω (diakrinō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to judge”, an ongoing action in the pastG1252I separate, distinguish, discern one thing from another; I doubt, hesitate, waver.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἐκρινόμεθαekrinomethabe judgedκρίνω (krinō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 1st person plural — “be judged”, an ongoing action in the pastG2919(a) I judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) I decide, I think (it) good.be judged

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γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.

Young’s Literal Translation

for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

World English Bible

For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.

Darby Translation

But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.

Douay-Rheims

But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

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