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? ¹ 

1 Corinthians 7:25

Remaining Unmarried

7:25 With regard to the question about people who have never married, ²  I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 14:27

14:27 If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

1 Corinthians 15:39-40

15:39 All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another. ³  15:40 And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The glory of the heavenly body is one sort and the earthly another.

[6:5]  ¹ tn Grk “to decide between his brother (and his opponent),” but see the note on the word “Christian” in 5:11.

[7:25]  ² tn Grk “virgins.” There are three main views as to which group of people is referred to by the word παρθένος (parqenos) here, and the stance taken here directly impacts one’s understanding of vv. 36-38. (1) The term could refer to virgin women who were not married. The central issue would then be whether or not their fathers should give them in marriage to eligible men. (This is the view which has been widely held throughout the history of the Church.) (2) A minority understand the term to refer to men and women who are married but who have chosen to live together without sexual relations. This position might have been possible in the Corinthian church, but there is no solid evidence to support it. (3) The view adopted by many modern commentators (see, e.g., Fee, Conzelmann, Barrett) is that the term refers to young, engaged women who were under the influence of various groups within the Corinthian church not to go through with their marriages. The central issue would then be whether the young men and women should continue with their plans and finalize their marriages. For further discussion, see G. D. Fee, First Corinthians (NICNT), 325-28.

[15:39]  ³ tn Grk “all flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one (flesh) of people, but another flesh of animals and another flesh of birds and another of fish.”