1 Korintus 4:14

A Father’s Warning

4:14 I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

1 Korintus 14:3

14:3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, ¹  encouragement, and consolation.

1 Korintus 10:11

10:11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

1 Korintus 4:16

4:16 I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

1 Korintus 2:16

2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? ²  But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Korintus 7:6

7:6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

1 Korintus 7:12

7:12 To the rest I say – I, not the Lord ³  – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Korintus 4:13

4:13 when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

1 Korintus 7:8

7:8 To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

1 Korintus 7:25

Remaining Unmarried

7:25 With regard to the question about people who have never married, ⁴  I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

1 Korintus 7:40

7:40 But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

1 Korintus 12:8

12:8 For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

1 Korintus 1:10

Divisions in the Church

1:10 I urge you, brothers and sisters, ⁵  by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, ⁶  to end your divisions, ⁷  and to be united by the same mind and purpose. ⁸ 

[14:3]  ¹ tn Grk “edification.”

[2:16]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.

[7:12]  ³ sn I, not the Lord. Here and in v. 10 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 12-16, Paul deals with a situation about which the Lord gave no instruction in his earthly ministry.

[7:25]  ⁴ tn Grk “virgins.” There are three main views as to which group of people is referred to by the word παρθένος (parqenos) here, and the stance taken here directly impacts one’s understanding of vv. 36-38. (1) The term could refer to virgin women who were not married. The central issue would then be whether or not their fathers should give them in marriage to eligible men. (This is the view which has been widely held throughout the history of the Church.) (2) A minority understand the term to refer to men and women who are married but who have chosen to live together without sexual relations. This position might have been possible in the Corinthian church, but there is no solid evidence to support it. (3) The view adopted by many modern commentators (see, e.g., Fee, Conzelmann, Barrett) is that the term refers to young, engaged women who were under the influence of various groups within the Corinthian church not to go through with their marriages. The central issue would then be whether the young men and women should continue with their plans and finalize their marriages. For further discussion, see G. D. Fee, First Corinthians (NICNT), 325-28.

[1:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

[1:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “that you all say the same thing.”

[1:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “that there be no divisions among you.”

[1:10]  ⁸ tn Grk “that you be united in/by the same mind and in/by the same purpose.”