1 Corinthians 4:6

4:6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, ¹  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 Corinthians 5:11

5:11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian ²  who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, ³  or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

1 Corinthians 7:12

7:12 To the rest I say – I, not the Lord ⁴  – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:14-15

7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. ⁵  Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. 7:15 But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. ⁶  God has called you in peace.

1 Corinthians 14:6

14:6 Now, brothers and sisters, ⁷  if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

1 Corinthians 14:26

Church Order

14:26 What should you do then, brothers and sisters? ⁸  When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

1 Corinthians 15:58

15:58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, ⁹  be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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

[5:11]  ² tn Grk “a brother,” but the Greek word “brother” may be used for “brother or sister,” “fellow Christian,” or “fellow member of the church.” Here the term “brother” broadly connotes familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).

[5:11]  ³ tn Or “a reviler”; BDAG 602 s.v. λοίδορος defines the term as “reviler, abusive person.”

[7:12]  ³ sn I, not the Lord. Here and in v. 10 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 12-16, Paul deals with a situation about which the Lord gave no instruction in his earthly ministry.

[7:14]  ⁴ tc Grk “the brother.” Later witnesses (א² D² Ï) have ἀνδρί (andri, “husband”) here, apparently in conscious emulation of the earlier mention of ἀνήρ (ajnhr) in the verse. However, the earliest and best witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B C D* F G P Ψ 33 1739 al co) are decisively in favor of ἀδελφῷ (adelfw, “brother”), a word that because of the close association with “wife” here may have seemed inappropriate to many scribes. It is also for reasons of English style that “her husband” is used in the translation.

[7:15]  ⁵ sn Interpreters differ over the implication of the statement the brother or sister is not bound. One view is that the believer is “not bound to continue the marriage,” i.e., not so slavishly tied to the instruction about not divorcing (cf. vv. 10-11) that he or she refuses to face reality when the unbelieving spouse is unwilling to continue the relationship. In this view divorce is allowable under these circumstances, but not remarriage (v. 11 still applies: remain unmarried or be reconciled). The other view is that the believer is “not bound in regard to marriage,” i.e., free to remain single or to remarry. The argument for this view is the conceptual parallel with vv. 39-40, where a wife is said to be “bound” (a different word in Greek, but the same concept) as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is “free” to marry as she wishes, only in the Lord. If the parallel holds, then not bound in v. 15 also means “free to marry another.”

[14:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[14:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[15:58]  ⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.