1 Corinthians 15:16

15:16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 3:2

3:2 I fed you milk, ¹  not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

1 Corinthians 15:13

15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 4:3

4:3 So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

1 Corinthians 11:14

11:14 Does not nature ²  itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,

1 Corinthians 11:16

11:16 If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Wisdom from God

2:6 Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, ³  but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

1 Corinthians 5:1

Church Discipline

5:1 It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with ⁴  his father’s wife.

1 Corinthians 15:50

15:50 Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: ⁵  Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

¹ sn Milk refers figuratively to basic or elementary Christian teaching. Paul’s point was that the Corinthian believers he was writing to here were not mature enough to receive more advanced teaching. This was not a problem at the time, when they were recent converts, but the problem now is that they are still not ready.

¹ 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.

¹ tn In extrabiblical literature this word was applied to an initiate of a mystery religion (BDAG 995 s.v. τέλειος 3, gives numerous examples and states this was a technical term of the mystery religions). It could here refer to those who believed Paul’s message, the mystery of God (v. 1), and so be translated as “those who believe God’s message.”

¹ tn Or “someone has married”; Grk “someone has,” but the verb ἔχω (ecw) is routinely used of marital relationships (cf. BDAG 420 s.v. 2.a), including sexual relationships. The exact nature of the relationship is uncertain in this case; it is not clear, for example, whether the man had actually married the woman or was merely cohabiting with her.

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