1 Corinthians 11:29-30 - Many are weak?

Does 1 Corinthians 11:29-30 indicate a need for deliverance for those who have been believers in the past?

1 Corinthians 11:29: "For the (one) eating and drinking (while) not rightly-judging the Lord's body is-eating and drinking judgment (on) himself."

1 Corinthians 11:30: "For this reason many among you (are) WEAK and SICK, and many sleep."

Deliverance for believers?

It is written: "the (one) eating and drinking (while) not rightly-judging the Lord's body is-eating and drinking judgment (on) himself" (1 Corinthians 11:29), "For this reason many among you (are) WEAK and SICK, and many sleep" (1 Corinthians 11:30).

It is written of Jesus that "He-cast-out the spirits (with a) word and cured all the (ones) being ill, so that the (thing) might-be-fulfilled having-been-spoken through Isaiah the prophet saying “He-took our weaknesses, and carried (our) diseases" (Matthew 8:16-17).

In this passage, "He-cast-out the spirits" (Matthew 8:16) is fulfilling "He-took our weaknesses" (Matthew 8:17), and He "cured all the (ones) being ill" (Matthew 8:16) is fulfilling He "carried (our) diseases" (Matthew 8:17).

In a similar way, Paul wrote that "many among you (are) WEAK and SICK" (1 Corinthians 11:30).

Notice the order:

"He-cast-out the spirits (with a) word and cured all the (ones) being ill" (Matthew 8:16).

"He-took our weaknesses, and carried (our) diseases" (Matthew 8:17).

"many among you (are) WEAK and SICK" (1 Corinthians 11:30).

The Greek word for "weaknesses" (astheneia 769 in Greek, noun) comes from the Greek word for "WEAK" (asthenés 772 in Greek, adjective).

To be "WEAK" (1 Corinthians 11:30) may be implied as being similar to the "weaknesses" (astheneias 769 in Greek) (Matthew 8:17) that Jesus took when "He-cast-out the spirits" (Matthew 8:16).

In a similar way to be "SICK" (1 Corinthians 11:30) may be implied as being similar to "the (ones) being ill" (Matthew 8:16) that Jesus cured when He "carried (our) diseases" (Matthew 8:17).

If so, it may be possible for one who is "WEAK" (1 Corinthians 11:30) to have similar "weaknesses" (Matthew 8:17) that may allow someone else to do the following action: "He-cast-out the spirits" (Matthew 8:16) from that one.

Let us also remember that many were "WEAK" (1 Corinthians 11:30) as a consequence of "eating and drinking (while) not rightly-judging the Lord's body" (1 Corinthians 11:29).

Judah would have received a judgment after eating the piece of bread that Jesus gave him, as it is written that "after the piece-of-bread, at that time Satan entered into that (one)" (John 13:27).

This happened as a judgment because earlier it was written that it was put "into the heart (of) Judas, (son of) Simon Iscariot, that (he) should-hand Him over" (John 13:2), that is, it was put into the heart of Judas to hand over the body of the Lord to enemies. Judah here was not "rightly-judging the Lord's body" (1 Corinthians 11:29) when eating the bread, instead Judah had in his heart to hand over the body of the Lord while eating of the bread.

Could it be that the judgment that Judah received was also a potential warning to all those who are now eating of the "bread" (1 Corinthians 11:23) while "not rightly-judging the Lord's body" (1 Corinthians 11:29)? Such a one according to Paul would be eating "judgment (on) himself" (1 Corinthians 11:29), as Paul described: "For this reason many among you (are) WEAK" (1 Corinthians 11:30)?

If this kind of similar judgment could happen to someone, then such a person would be in need of deliverance.

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