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 4:15
4:15 For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 4:19
4:19 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 10:1
Learning from Israel’s Failures
10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware, 4 brothers and sisters, 5 that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,
1 Corinthians 10:20
10:20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice
6 is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
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 16:15
16:15 Now, brothers and sisters, 7 you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts 8 of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you
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 (Ì46vid 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 Grk “ignorant.”
5 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
7 tn Grk “what they sacrifice”; the referent (the pagans) is clear from the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
11 tn Grk “firstfruits.”