1 Corinthians 9:8

9:8 Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, ¹  or does the law not say this as well?

1 Corinthians 3:3

3:3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. ²  For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people? ³ 

1 Corinthians 15:32

15:32 If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, ⁴  what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ⁵ 

¹ tn Or “only according to human authority”; Grk “saying these things according to men.”

² tn Or “are still merely human”; Grk “fleshly.” Cf. BDAG 914 s.v. σαρκικός 2, “pert. to being human at a disappointing level of behavior or characteristics, (merely) human.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

³ tn Grk “and walking in accordance with man,” i.e., living like (fallen) humanity without the Spirit’s influence; hence, “unregenerate people.”

³ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

⁴ sn An allusion to Isa 22:13; 56:12.