Discovery Box1 Corinthians 1:5 
Context1:5 For you were made rich 1 in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge 2 –
1 Corinthians 11:14
Context11:14 Does not nature 3 itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,
1 Corinthians 11:28
Context11:28 A person should examine himself first, 4 and in this way 5 let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.
1 Corinthians 15:23
Context15:23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him. 6
1 sn Made rich refers to how God richly blessed the Corinthians with an abundance of spiritual gifts (cf. v. 7).
2 sn Speech and knowledge refer to the spiritual gifts God had blessed them with (as v. 7 confirms). Paul will discuss certain abuses of their gifts in chapters 12-14, but he thanks God for their giftedness.
3 sn Paul does not mean nature in the sense of “the natural world” or “Mother Nature.” It denotes “the way things are” because of God’s design.
4 tn The word “first” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. It has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Grk “in this manner.”
6 tn Grk “then those who belong to Christ, at his coming.”
