Discovery Box1 Corinthians 3:18
Context3:18 Guard against self-deception, each of you. 1 If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
1 Corinthians 6:7
Context6:7 The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
1 Corinthians 6:19
Context6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, 2 whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 10:29
Context10:29 I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
1 Corinthians 16:2
Context16:2 On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income 3 and save 4 it to the extent that God has blessed you, 5 so that a collection will not have to be made 6 when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:15
Context16:15 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
[3:18] 1 tn Grk “let no one deceive himself.”
[6:19] 2 tn Grk “the ‘in you’ Holy Spirit.” The position of the prepositional phrase ἐν ὑμῖν (en Jumin, “in you”) between the article and the adjective effectively places the prepositional phrase in first attributive position. Such constructions are generally translated into English as relative clauses.
[16:2] 3 tn Grk “set aside, storing whatever he has been blessed with.”
[16:2] 4 tn Grk “set aside, storing.” The participle θησαυρίζων (qhsaurizwn) indicates the purpose or result of setting aside the extra income.
[16:2] 5 tn “To the extent that God has blessed you” translates an awkward expression, “whatever has been prospered [to you].” This verb has been translated as an active with “God” as subject, taking it as a divine passive.
[16:2] 6 tn Grk “so that collections will not be taking place.”
[16:15] 4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
