7:10 To the married I give this command – not I, but the Lord 2 – a wife should not divorce a husband
1 tn Grk “puffed up”; “inflated.”
2 sn Not I, but the Lord. Here and in v. 12 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 10-11, Paul reports the Lord’s own teaching about divorce (cf. Mark 10:5-12).
3 tn Grk “about that for which”; the referent (the food) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
5 tn Grk “edification.”
6 sn A quotation from the poet Menander, Thais 218, which Paul uses in a proverbial sense.