1 Corinthians 2:9

2:9 But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, ¹  are the things God has prepared for those who love him.” ² 

1 Corinthians 2:11

2:11 For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 3:18

3:18 Guard against self-deception, each of you. ³  If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

1 Corinthians 7:12

7:12 To the rest I say – I, not the Lord ⁴  – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 11:34

11:34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

1 Corinthians 15:15

15:15 Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.

1 Corinthians 15:27

15:27 For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. ⁵  But when it says “everything” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.

1 Corinthians 16:12

16:12 With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, ⁶  but it was simply not his intention to come now. ⁷  He will come when he has the opportunity.

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¹ tn Grk “entered the heart,” an OT expression, in which the heart functions like the mind.

² sn A quotation from Isa 64:4.

³ tn Grk “let no one deceive himself.”

⁴ sn I, not the Lord. Here and in v. 10 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 12-16, Paul deals with a situation about which the Lord gave no instruction in his earthly ministry.

⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 8:6.

⁶ tn Grk “with the brothers.”

⁷ tn Grk “it was simply not the will that he come now.”