1 Corinthians 1:31

1:31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”¹

1 Corinthians 3:21

3:21 So then, no more boasting about mere mortals!² For everything belongs to you,

1 Corinthians 4:2

4:2 Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 5:9

5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

1 Corinthians 6:20

6:20 For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

1 Corinthians 10:25

10:25 Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

1 Corinthians 11:11

11:11 In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

1 Corinthians 11:13

11:13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

1 Corinthians 11:30

11:30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.³

1 Corinthians 14:10

14:10 There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Final Challenge and Blessing

16:13 Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:20

16:20 All the brothers and sisters⁴ send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

1 Corinthians 16:24

16:24 My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.⁵

¹sn 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.

²tn Grk “so then, let no one boast in men.”

³tn Grk “are asleep.” The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

⁴tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

⁵tc Although the majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 075 Ï lat bo) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”), such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Although far fewer witnesses lack the valedictory particle (B F 0121 0243 33 81 630 1739* 1881 sa), their collective testimony is difficult to explain if the omission is not authentic.