1 Korintus 11:14

11:14 Does not nature ¹  itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,

1 Korintus 11:2

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

1 Samuel 15:30

15:30 Saul ³  again replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God.”

1 Samuel 19:4

19:4 So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf ⁴  to his father Saul. He said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial ⁵  for you.

[11:14]  ¹ sn Paul does not mean nature in the sense of “the natural world” or “Mother Nature.” It denotes “the way things are” because of God’s design.

[11:2]  ² 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.

[15:30]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “spoke good with respect to David.”

[19:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”