1 Corinthians 1:5

1:5 For you were made rich ¹  in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge ²  –

1 Corinthians 11:14

11:14 Does not nature ³  itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,

1 Corinthians 11:28

11:28 A person should examine himself first, ⁴  and in this way ⁵  let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

1 Corinthians 15:23

15:23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him. ⁶ 

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¹ sn Made rich refers to how God richly blessed the Corinthians with an abundance of spiritual gifts (cf. v. 7).

² sn Speech and knowledge refer to the spiritual gifts God had blessed them with (as v. 7 confirms). Paul will discuss certain abuses of their gifts in chapters 12-14, but he thanks God for their giftedness.

³ sn Paul does not mean nature in the sense of “the natural world” or “Mother Nature.” It denotes “the way things are” because of God’s design.

⁴ tn The word “first” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. It has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “in this manner.”

⁶ tn Grk “then those who belong to Christ, at his coming.”