1 Corinthians 1:4

Thanksgiving

1:4 I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 1:7-9

1:7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation ¹  of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8 He ²  will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:13

1:13 Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? ³  Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? ⁴ 

1 Corinthians 2:2

2:2 For I decided to be concerned about nothing ⁵  among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 2:16--3:1

2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? ⁶  But we have the mind of Christ.

Immaturity and Self-deception

3:1 So, brothers and sisters, ⁷  I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, ⁸  as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:11

3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:11-12

8:11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, ⁹  for whom Christ died, is destroyed. ¹⁰  8:12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters ¹¹  in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:21

9:21 To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

1 Corinthians 15:14

15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

1 Corinthians 15:17

15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:19

15:19 For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

1 Corinthians 15:31

15:31 Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as ¹²  my boasting in you, ¹³  which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:57

15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

[1:7]  ¹ sn The revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ refers to the Lord’s return, when he will be revealed (cf. the reference to the day of our Lord Jesus Christ in v. 8).

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “who,” referring to Christ. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “was he?”).

[1:13]  ² tn This third question marks a peak in which Paul’s incredulity at the Corinthians’ attitude is in focus. The words “in fact” have been supplied in the translation to make this rhetorical juncture clear.

[2:2]  ¹ tn Grk “to know nothing.”

[2:16]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.

[3:1]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[3:1]  ² tn Grk “fleshly [people]”; the Greek term here is σαρκινός (BDAG 914 s.v. 1).

[8:11]  ¹ tn Grk “the one who is weak…the brother for whom Christ died,” but see note on the word “Christian” in 5:11.

[8:11]  ² tn This may be an indirect middle, “destroys himself.”

[8:12]  ¹ tn See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[15:31]  ¹ tn Or, more literally, “I swear by the boasting in you.”

[15:31]  ² tc ‡ Although the witnesses for the shorter reading (Ì⁴⁶ D F G Ψ 075 0243 1739 1881 Ï) are not as strong as for the addition of ἀδελφοί (adelfoi, “brothers”) at this juncture (א A B K P 33 81 104 365 1175 2464 lat sy co), it is difficult to find a reason why scribes would either intentionally or unintentionally drop the address here. Thus, the shorter reading is slightly preferred.