Discovery Box1 Corinthians 1:20 
Context1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? 1 Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
1 Corinthians 3:13
Context3:13 each builder’s 2 work will be plainly seen, for the Day 3 will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire 4 will test what kind of work each has done.
1 Corinthians 4:9
Context4:9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Context5:7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough – you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 7:12
Context7:12 To the rest I say – I, not the Lord 5 – 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 7:28
Context7:28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, 6 and I am trying to spare you such problems. 7
1 Corinthians 15:10
Context15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
1 Corinthians 15:54
Context15:54 Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen,
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 8
1 Corinthians 16:2
Context16:2 On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income 9 and save 10 it to the extent that God has blessed you, 11 so that a collection will not have to be made 12 when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:12
Context16:12 With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, 13 but it was simply not his intention to come now. 14 He will come when he has the opportunity.
1 tn Grk “the scribe.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") as “scribe” does not communicate much to the modern English reader, for whom the term might mean “professional copyist,” if it means anything at all. The people referred to here were recognized experts in the law of Moses and in traditional laws and regulations. Thus “expert in the Mosaic law” comes closer to the meaning for the modern reader.
2 tn Grk “each one’s.” Here “builder’s” is employed in the translation for clarity.
3 tn In an attempt to clarify the referent, some translations add “of Christ” after “Day” (so TEV); others specify this as “judgment day” (NLT) or “the day of judgment” (CEV).
sn The Day refers to the Day of the Lord Jesus Christ (cf. 1:8; 5:5) when each Christian worker will appear before Christ for evaluation of his ministry. Paul’s constant motivation was to be pleasing to the Lord in that day (2 Cor 5:9-10) and receive his commendation (1 Cor 4:5).
4 tc ‡ αὐτό (auto) is found at this point in v. 13 in a number of significant witnesses, including A B C P 33 1739 al. But Ì46 א D Ψ 0289 1881 Ï latt lack it. The pronoun could be a motivated reading, designed to intensify Paul’s statement. On the other hand, it could have been deleted because the article alone made the reference already clear. In this instance, the possibility of scribal addition seems more likely than scribal deletion, although a decision is difficult. NA27 includes the word in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.
sn It is unclear whether the phrase it will be revealed by fire describes the Day (subject of the previous clause) or each one’s work (subject of the clause before that).
5 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.
6 tn Grk “these will have tribulation in the flesh.”
7 tn Grk “I am trying to spare you.” Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. “Such problems” has been supplied here to make the sense of the statement clear.
8 sn A quotation from Isa 25:8.
9 tn Grk “set aside, storing whatever he has been blessed with.”
10 tn Grk “set aside, storing.” The participle θησαυρίζων (qhsaurizwn) indicates the purpose or result of setting aside the extra income.
11 tn “To the extent that God has blessed you” translates an awkward expression, “whatever has been prospered [to you].” This verb has been translated as an active with “God” as subject, taking it as a divine passive.
12 tn Grk “so that collections will not be taking place.”
13 tn Grk “with the brothers.”
14 tn Grk “it was simply not the will that he come now.”
