1 Corinthians 2:1

2:1 When I came ¹  to you, brothers and sisters, ²  I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony ³  of God.

1 Corinthians 3:23

3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

1 Corinthians 5:2

5:2 And you are proud! ⁴  Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this ⁵  from among you?

1 Corinthians 6:7

6:7 The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

1 Corinthians 7:16

7:16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? ⁶  Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation? ⁷ 

1 Corinthians 9:24

9:24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

1 Corinthians 10:27

10:27 If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

1 Corinthians 11:26

11:26 For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

1 Corinthians 14:9

14:9 It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

1 Corinthians 16:14

16:14 Everything you do should be done in love.

¹ tn Grk “and I, when I came.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, κἀγώ (kagw) has not been translated here.

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

³ tc ‡ A few important mss (Ì^46vid א* A C pc as well as some versions and fathers) read μυστήριον (musthrion, “mystery”) instead of μαρτύριον (marturion, “testimony”). But the latter has wider ms support (א² B D F G Ψ 33 1739 1881 Ï and some versions), though not quite as impressive. μαρτύριον may have been changed by scribes in anticipation of Paul’s words in 2:7, or conversely, μυστήριον may have been changed to conform to 1:6. Transcriptionally, since “the mystery of God/Christ” is a well-worn expression in the corpus Paulinum (1 Cor 2:7; 4:1; Eph 3:4; Col 2:2; 4:3), while “testimony of Christ” occurs in Paul only once (1 Cor 1:6, though “testimony of the Lord” appears in 2 Tim 1:8), and “testimony of God” never, it is likely that scribes changed the text to the more usual expression. A decision is difficult in this instance, but a slight preference should be given to μαρτύριον.

⁴ tn Or “are puffed up/arrogant,” the same verb occurring in 4:6, 18.

⁵ tn Grk “sorrowful, so that the one who did this might be removed.”

⁷ tn Grk “will save your husband?” The meaning is obviously that the wife would be the human agent in leading her husband to salvation.

⁸ tn Grk “will save your wife?” The meaning is obviously that the husband would be the human agent in leading his wife to salvation.