1 Corinthians 5:3

5:3 For even though I am absent physically, ¹  I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present. ² 

1 Corinthians 6:5

6:5 I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians? ³ 

1 Corinthians 7:40

7:40 But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

1 Corinthians 9:24

9:24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

1 Corinthians 11:12

11:12 For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

1 Corinthians 14:9

14:9 It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

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,” ⁴  says the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:45

15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; ⁵  the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 16:1

A Collection to Aid Jewish Christians

16:1 With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia: ⁶ 

[5:3]  ¹ tn Grk “in body.”

[5:3]  ² tn Verse 3 is one sentence in Greek (“For – even though I am absent in body, yet present in spirit – I have already judged the one who did this, as though I were present”) that has been broken up due to English stylistic considerations.

[6:5]  ³ tn Grk “to decide between his brother (and his opponent),” but see the note on the word “Christian” in 5:11.

[14:21]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Isa 28:11-12.

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

[16:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “as I directed the churches of Galatia, so also you yourselves do.”