1 Corinthians 1:19

1:19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”¹

1 Corinthians 4:3-4

4:3 So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4:4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:7

7:7 I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

1 Corinthians 7:40

7:40 But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

1 Corinthians 9:2

9:2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign² of my apostleship in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:19

9:19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.³

1 Corinthians 9:27

9:27 Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 10:20

10:20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice⁴ is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

1 Corinthians 11:2

Women’s Head Coverings

11:2 I praise you⁵ because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

1 Corinthians 11:18

11:18 For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

1 Corinthians 11:23

11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

1 Corinthians 12:21

12:21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” nor in turn can the head say to the foot, “I do not need you.”

1 Corinthians 14:11

14:11 If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

1 Corinthians 15:1

Christ’s Resurrection

15:1 Now I want to make clear for you,⁶ brothers and sisters,⁷ the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

1 Corinthians 15:3

15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance⁸ what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:9

15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Corinthians 16:3

16:3 Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.⁹

1 Corinthians 16:6-7

16:6 and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go. 16:7 For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

1 Corinthians 16:17

16:17 I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.¹⁰

¹sn A quotation from Isa 29:14.

²tn Grk “the seal.”

³tn Or “more converts.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. It has been supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning.

⁴tn Grk “what they sacrifice”; the referent (the pagans) is clear from the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tc The Western and Byzantine texts, as well as one or two Alexandrian mss (D F G Ψ 33 Ï latt sy), combine in reading ἀδελφοί (adelfoi, “brothers”) here, while the Alexandrian witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א A B C P 81 630 1175 1739 1881 2464 co) largely lack the address. The addition of ἀδελφοί is apparently a motivated reading, however, for scribes would have naturally wanted to add it to ἐπαινῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς (epainw de Juma", “now I praise you”), especially as this begins a new section. On the other hand, it is difficult to explain how the shorter reading could have arisen from the longer one. Thus, on both internal and external grounds, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.

⁶tn Grk “Now I make known to you.”

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

⁸tn Grk “among (the) first things.”

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¹⁰tn Or “they have made up for your absence” (BDAG 70 s.v. ἀναπληρόω 3).