1 Corinthians 1:31

1:31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” ¹ 

1 Corinthians 1:19

1:19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” ² 

1 Corinthians 3:19

3:19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” ³ 

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.” ⁴  God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

1 Corinthians 10:7

10:7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” ⁵ 

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,” ⁶  says the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:45

15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; ⁷  the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:9

2:9 But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, ⁸  are the things God has prepared for those who love him.” ⁹ 

1 Corinthians 4:6

4:6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, ¹⁰  so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

[1:31]  ¹ sn A quotation from Jer 9:24. The themes of Jer 9 have influenced Paul’s presentation in vv. 26-31. Jeremiah calls upon the wise, the strong, and the wealthy not to trust in their resources but in their knowledge of the true God – and so to boast in the Lord. Paul addresses the same three areas of human pride.

[1:19]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 29:14.

[3:19]  ³ sn A quotation from Job 5:13.

[9:9]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Deut 25:4.

[10:7]  ⁵ tn The term “play” may refer to idolatrous, sexual play here, although that is determined by the context rather than the meaning of the word itself (cf. BDAG 750 s.v. παίζω).

[14:21]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 28:11-12.

[15:45]  ⁷ tn Grk “living soul”; a quotation from Gen 2:7.

[2:9]  ⁸ tn Grk “entered the heart,” an OT expression, in which the heart functions like the mind.

[2:9]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Isa 64:4.

[4:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.