1 Corinthians 1
[BACK TO [1]] 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
[BACK TO [2]] 1:12 That is, Peter
[BACK TO [3]] 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
[BACK TO [4]] 1:31 Jer. 9:24
1 Corinthians 2
[BACK TO [5]] 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
[BACK TO [7]] 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
1 Corinthians 3
1 Corinthians 5
[BACK TO [12]] 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
[BACK TO [13]] 5:5 Or of his body
[BACK TO [14]] 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.
[BACK TO [15]] 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21, 24; 24:7
1 Corinthians 6
[BACK TO [16]] 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
[BACK TO [17]] 6:16 Gen. 2:24
[BACK TO [18]] 6:17 Or in the Spirit
1 Corinthians 7
[BACK TO [19]] 7:8 Or widowers
[BACK TO [20]] 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
[BACK TO [21]] 7:36–38 Or 36If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years (or if her passions are too strong), and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. 37But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried—this man also does the right thing. 38So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
1 Corinthians 8
[BACK TO [22]] 8:2, 3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. 3But whoever loves truly knows.
1 Corinthians 9
[BACK TO [23]] 9:5 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 10
[BACK TO [25]] 10:7 Exodus 32:6
[BACK TO [26]] 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
[BACK TO [27]] 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
[BACK TO [28]] 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
[BACK TO [29]] 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
[BACK TO [30]] 10:26 Psalm 24:1
1 Corinthians 11
[BACK TO [31]] 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband
[BACK TO [32]] 11:4–7 Or 4Every man who prays or prophesies with long hair dishonors his head. 5But every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair dishonors her head—she is just like one of the “shorn women.” 6If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. 7A man ought not to have long hair
[BACK TO [33]] 11:10 Or have a sign of authority on her
1 Corinthians 12
[BACK TO [34]] 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28
[BACK TO [35]] 12:10 Or languages; also in verse 28
[BACK TO [36]] 12:13 Or with; or in
[BACK TO [37]] 12:30 Or other languages
1 Corinthians 13
[BACK TO [38]] 13:1 Or languages
[BACK TO [39]] 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
1 Corinthians 14
[BACK TO [40]] 14:2 Or in another language; also in verses 4, 13, 14, 19, 26 and 27
[BACK TO [41]] 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
[BACK TO [42]] 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
[BACK TO [43]] 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.
[BACK TO [44]] 14:21 Isaiah 28:11, 12
[BACK TO [45]] 14:33, 34 Or peace. As in all the congregations of the Lord’s people, 34women
[BACK TO [46]] 14:34, 35 In a few manuscripts these verses come after verse 40.
[BACK TO [47]] 14:38 Some manuscripts But anyone who is ignorant of this will be ignorant
1 Corinthians 15
[BACK TO [48]] 15:3 Or you at the first
[BACK TO [49]] 15:5 That is, Peter
[BACK TO [50]] 15:27 Psalm 8:6
[BACK TO [51]] 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
[BACK TO [52]] 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander
[BACK TO [53]] 15:45 Gen. 2:7
[BACK TO [54]] 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us
[BACK TO [55]] 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
[BACK TO [56]] 15:55 Hosea 13:14
1 Corinthians 16
[BACK TO [57]] 16:19 Greek Prisca, a variant of Priscilla
[BACK TO [58]] 16:22 The Greek for Come, Lord reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.
[BACK TO [59]] 16:24 Some manuscripts do not have Amen.