1 Corinthians 11:30

1 Corinthians 11:30. "For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."

Many even die; - not that they are lost, - not that this sickness is sent as a curse, but as fatherly chastisement; and the death of many of its members is often a chastisement to the church which is thus weakened by losing its best helpers.