Discovery Box1 Corinthians 1:9 
Context1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 2:8
Context2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 2:16
Context2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? 1 But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:4
Context4:4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
1 Corinthians 4:19
Context4:19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.
1 Corinthians 5:5
Context5:5 turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved 2 in the day of the Lord. 3
1 Corinthians 7:12
Context7:12 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 8:5
Context8:5 If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
1 Corinthians 9:2
Context9:2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign 5 of my apostleship in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14:21
Context14:21 It is written in the law: “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” 6 says the Lord.
1 sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.
2 tn Or perhaps “turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of your fleshly works, so that your spirit may be saved…”; Grk “for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved.” This is one of the most difficult passages in the NT, and there are many different interpretations regarding what is in view here. (1) Many interpreters see this as some sort of excommunication (“turn this man over to Satan”) which in turn leads to the man’s physical death (“the destruction of the flesh”), resulting in the man’s ultimate salvation (“that [his] spirit may be saved…”). (2) Others see the phrase “destruction of the flesh” as referring to extreme physical suffering or illness that stops short of physical death, thus leading the offender to repentance and salvation. (3) A number of scholars (e.g. G. D. Fee, First Corinthians [NICNT], 212-13) take the reference to the “flesh” to refer to the offender’s “sinful nature” or “carnal nature,” which is “destroyed” by placing him outside the church, back in Satan’s domain (exactly how this “destruction” is accomplished is not clear, and is one of the problems with this view). (4) More recently some have argued that neither the “flesh” nor the “spirit” belong to the offender, but to the church collectively; thus it is the “fleshly works” of the congregation which are being destroyed by the removal of the offender (cf. 5:13) so that the “spirit,” the corporate life of the church lived in union with God through the Holy Spirit, may be preserved (cf. 5:7-8). See, e.g., B. Campbell, “Flesh and Spirit in 1 Cor 5:5: An Exercise in Rhetorical Criticism of the NT,” JETS 36 (1993): 331-42. The alternate translation “for the destruction of your fleshly works, so that your spirit may be saved” reflects this latter view.
3 tc The shorter reading, κυρίου (kuriou, “Lord”), is found in Ì46 B 630 1739 pc; κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ (kuriou Ihsou, “Lord Jesus”) is read by Ì61vid א Ψ Ï; κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ (kuriou Ihsou Cristou, “Lord Jesus Christ”) by D pc; and κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ (kuriou Jhmwn Ihsou Cristou, “our Lord Jesus Christ”) by A F G P 33 al. The shorter reading is preferred as the reading that best explains the other readings, especially in view of the mention of “Jesus” twice in the previous verse.
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 tn Grk “the seal.”
6 sn A quotation from Isa 28:11-12.
