Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
weak . . . sickly—He is "weak" who has naturally no strength: "sickly," who has lost his strength by disease [TITTMANN, Greek Synonyms of the New Testament].
sleep—are being lulled in death: not a violent death; but one the result of sickness, sent as the Lord's chastening for the individual's salvation, the mind being brought to a right state on the sick bed (I Corinthians 11:31).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 11:30:
1 Corinthians 5:5
1 Corinthians 11:29
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