1 Korintus 1:17

1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel – and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless. ¹ 

1 Korintus 2:6

Wisdom from God

2:6 Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, ²  but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

1 Korintus 3:2

3:2 I fed you milk, ³  not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

1 Korintus 4:15

4:15 For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

1 Korintus 7:17

The Circumstances of Your Calling

7:17 Nevertheless, ⁴  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 Korintus 11:16

11:16 If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

1 Korintus 16:10

16:10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.

[1:17]  ¹ tn Grk “would not be emptied.”

[2:6]  ² tn In extrabiblical literature this word was applied to an initiate of a mystery religion (BDAG 995 s.v. τέλειος 3, gives numerous examples and states this was a technical term of the mystery religions). It could here refer to those who believed Paul’s message, the mystery of God (v. 1), and so be translated as “those who believe God’s message.”

[3:2]  ³ sn Milk refers figuratively to basic or elementary Christian teaching. Paul’s point was that the Corinthian believers he was writing to here were not mature enough to receive more advanced teaching. This was not a problem at the time, when they were recent converts, but the problem now is that they are still not ready.

[7:17]  ⁴ tn Or “only”; Grk “if not.”