1 Corinthians 1:13

1:13 Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? ¹  Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? ² 

1 Corinthians 2:4

2:4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1 Corinthians 5:3

5:3 For even though I am absent physically, ³  I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present. ⁴ 

1 Corinthians 7:21

7:21 Were you called as a slave? ⁵  Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

1 Corinthians 7:31

7:31 those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

1 Corinthians 10:1

Learning from Israel’s Failures

10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware, ⁶  brothers and sisters, ⁷  that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

1 Corinthians 10:4

10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:7-8

10:7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” ⁸  10:8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day. ⁹ 

1 Corinthians 10:11

10:11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

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¹ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “was he?”).

² tn This third question marks a peak in which Paul’s incredulity at the Corinthians’ attitude is in focus. The words “in fact” have been supplied in the translation to make this rhetorical juncture clear.

³ tn Grk “in body.”

⁴ tn Verse 3 is one sentence in Greek (“For – even though I am absent in body, yet present in spirit – I have already judged the one who did this, as though I were present”) that has been broken up due to English stylistic considerations.

⁵ tn Traditionally, “servant” (KJV), though almost all modern translations render the word as “slave” here.

⁶ tn Grk “ignorant.”

⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

⁸ tn The term “play” may refer to idolatrous, sexual play here, although that is determined by the context rather than the meaning of the word itself (cf. BDAG 750 s.v. παίζω).

sn A quotation from Exod 32:6.

⁹ sn This incident is recorded in Num 25:1-9.