1 Corinthians 7:17

The Circumstances of Your Calling

7:17 Nevertheless, ¹  as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

1 Corinthians 7:29

7:29 And I say this, brothers and sisters: ²  The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

1 Corinthians 11:2

Women’s Head Coverings

11:2 I praise you ³  because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

1 Corinthians 11:23

11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

1 Corinthians 15:3

15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance ⁴  what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

[7:17]  ¹ tn Or “only”; Grk “if not.”

[7:29]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[11:2]  ³ tc The Western and Byzantine texts, as well as one or two Alexandrian mss (D F G Ψ 33 Ï latt sy), combine in reading ἀδελφοί (adelfoi, “brothers”) here, while the Alexandrian witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א A B C P 81 630 1175 1739 1881 2464 co) largely lack the address. The addition of ἀδελφοί is apparently a motivated reading, however, for scribes would have naturally wanted to add it to ἐπαινῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς (epainw de Juma", “now I praise you”), especially as this begins a new section. On the other hand, it is difficult to explain how the shorter reading could have arisen from the longer one. Thus, on both internal and external grounds, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.

[15:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “among (the) first things.”