¹ tn Grk “serving it to one another.” The primary verb is a participle but it continues the sense of command from v. 7.

² tn Grk “if anyone speaks – as God’s words.”

³ tn Or “oracles.”

⁴ tn Grk “if anyone serves – with strength…”

⁵ tn Grk “is/are.”

⁶ tc Many mss, some of them important and early ([א] A P 33 81 323 945 1241 1739 pm bo), add καὶ δυνάμεως (kai dunamew"; “and of power”) here. The shorter reading is supported by Ì⁷² B K L Ψ 049 pm). Although the evidence is evenly divided, the longer reading looks to be an explanatory or liturgical expansion on the text and for this reason should be considered secondary.

⁷ tn Grk “the Spirit of glory and of God.”

⁸ sn A quotation taken from Isa 11:2.