1 Corinthians 9:20

9:20 To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) ¹  to gain those under the law.

1 Corinthians 9:8

9:8 Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, ²  or does the law not say this as well?

1 Corinthians 15:56

15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

1 Corinthians 9:9

9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” ³  God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

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 14:34

14:34 the women ⁵  should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. ⁶  Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

[9:20]  ¹ tc The Byzantine text, as well as a few other witnesses (D² [L] Ψ 1881 Ï) lack this parenthetical material, while geographically widespread, early, and diverse witnesses have the words (so א A B C D* F G P 33 104 365 1175 1505 1739 al latt). The phrase may have dropped out accidentally through homoioteleuton (note that both the preceding phrase and the parenthesis end in ὑπὸ νόμον [Jupo nomon, “under the law”]), or intentionally by overscrupulous scribes who felt that the statement “I myself am not under the law” could have led to license.

[9:8]  ² tn Or “only according to human authority”; Grk “saying these things according to men.”

[9:9]  ³ sn A quotation from Deut 25:4.

[14:21]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 28:11-12.

[14:34]  ⁵ tn The word for “woman” and “wife” is the same in Greek. Because of the reference to husbands in v. 35, the word may be translated “wives” here. But in passages governing conduct in church meetings like this (cf. 11:2-16; 1 Tim 2:9-15) the general meaning “women” is more likely.

[14:34]  ⁶ sn For they are not permitted to speak. In light of 11:2-16, which gives permission for women to pray or prophesy in the church meetings, the silence commanded here seems not to involve the absolute prohibition of a woman addressing the assembly. Therefore (1) some take be silent to mean not taking an authoritative teaching role as 1 Tim 2 indicates, but (2) the better suggestion is to relate it to the preceding regulations about evaluating the prophets (v. 29). Here Paul would be indicating that the women should not speak up during such an evaluation, since such questioning would be in violation of the submission to male leadership that the OT calls for (the law, e.g., Gen 2:18).