1 Corinthians 5:3

5:3 For even though I am absent physically, ¹  I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present. ² 

1 Corinthians 9:9

9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” ³  God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

1 Corinthians 9:13

9:13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple ⁴  eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

1 Corinthians 14:21

14:21 It is written in the law: “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” ⁵  says the Lord.

¹ tn Grk “in body.”

² tn Verse 3 is one sentence in Greek (“For – even though I am absent in body, yet present in spirit – I have already judged the one who did this, as though I were present”) that has been broken up due to English stylistic considerations.

³ sn A quotation from Deut 25:4.

⁵ tn Grk “working the sacred things.”

⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 28:11-12.