Discovery Box1 Corinthians 1:31 
Context1:31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 1
1 Corinthians 7:20
Context7:20 Let each one remain in that situation in life 2 in which he was called.
1 Corinthians 7:24
Context7:24 In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, 3 let him remain in it with God.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Context10:12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.
1 Corinthians 16:22
Context16:22 Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come! 4
1 sn A quotation from Jer 9:24. The themes of Jer 9 have influenced Paul’s presentation in vv. 26-31. Jeremiah calls upon the wise, the strong, and the wealthy not to trust in their resources but in their knowledge of the true God – and so to boast in the Lord. Paul addresses the same three areas of human pride.
2 tn Grk “in the calling.” “Calling” in Paul is God’s work of drawing people to faith in Christ. As in 1:26, calling here stands by metonymy for a person’s circumstances when he becomes a Christian.
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
4 tn The Greek text has μαράνα θά (marana qa). These Aramaic words can also be read as maran aqa, translated “Our Lord has come!”
