1 Corinthians 10:22
10:22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is? 1
1 Corinthians 12:11
12:11 It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.
1 Corinthians 12:18
12:18 But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.
1 Corinthians 15:8
15:8 Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, 2 he appeared to me also.
1 tn The question in Greek expects a negative answer (“We are not stronger than he is, are we?”).
2 sn One born at the wrong time. The Greek word used here (ἔκτρωμα, ektrwma) refers to a premature birth, a miscarriage, or an aborted child. Paul uses it as a powerful figure of the unexpected, abnormal nature of his apostolic call.