1 Korintus 3:4

3:4 For whenever someone says, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human? ¹ 

1 Korintus 3:6-7

3:6 I planted, ²  Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. 3:7 So neither the one who plants counts for anything, ³  nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

1 Korintus 4:11

4:11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

1 Korintus 8:1

Food Sacrificed to Idols

8:1 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” ⁴  Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Korintus 14:3-4

14:3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, ⁵  encouragement, and consolation. 14:4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, ⁶  but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

1 Korintus 14:12

14:12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, ⁷  seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

1 Korintus 15:31

15:31 Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as ⁸  my boasting in you, ⁹  which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Korintus 15:36-38

15:36 Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies. 15:37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed ¹⁰  – perhaps of wheat or something else. 15:38 But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

[3:4]  ¹ tn Grk “are you not men,” i.e., (fallen) humanity without the Spirit’s influence. Here Paul does not say “walking in accordance with” as in the previous verse; he actually states the Corinthians are this. However, this is almost certainly rhetorical hyperbole.

[3:6]  ² sn The expression I planted is generally taken to mean that Paul founded the church at Corinth. Later Apollos had a significant ministry there (watered). See also v. 10.

[3:7]  ³ tn Grk “is anything.”

[8:1]  ⁴ sn “We all have knowledge.” Here and in v. 4 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.

[14:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “edification.”

[14:4]  ⁶ sn The Greek term builds (himself) up does not necessarily bear positive connotations in this context.

[14:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “eager for spirits.” The plural is probably a shorthand for the Spirit’s gifts, especially in this context, tongues.

[15:31]  ⁸ tn Or, more literally, “I swear by the boasting in you.”

[15:31]  ⁹ tc ‡ Although the witnesses for the shorter reading (Ì⁴⁶ D F G Ψ 075 0243 1739 1881 Ï) are not as strong as for the addition of ἀδελφοί (adelfoi, “brothers”) at this juncture (א A B K P 33 81 104 365 1175 2464 lat sy co), it is difficult to find a reason why scribes would either intentionally or unintentionally drop the address here. Thus, the shorter reading is slightly preferred.

[15:37]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed.”