Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 1:23:

• Uma: “But we (excl.) [emphatic] spread [the news] that Kristus died crucified. These words are not-liked-by/offensive-to the Yahudi people, and are considered-stupid by those who are not Yahudi.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But we (excl.), we (excl.) preach Isa Almasi dying on the post because of the sin of mankind. The Yahudi hate this preaching of ours (excl.) and the ones not Yahudi also say that there is no use in this our (excl.) preaching.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But as for us (incl.) by contrast, we (incl.) teach about Christ nailed to the cross. As for the Jews, they’re very much disgusted with this; and as for the Greeks, they think it’s a lie that has no value.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But what we (excl.) are preaching-about however, is Cristo who was nailed to the cross, and that offends the Jews and the Griego (henceforth Greeks) for-their-part think/say it is of no value.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But this which we (excl.) teach is, Cristo who was nailed on a cross. To the Jews, this is a source of stumbling-and-falling to them. To those who are not Jews, they regard this as just nonsense/stupidity.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But concerning us, only the word which is necessary to tell the people, that Christ died on the cross to clear our sins, is what we speak. But the Jews say that it is a shameful thing when they hear this word. And the people who are not Jews say that this word is of no value.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 3:8:

• Uma: “The one who plants and the one who pours, they are just the same. Each will get their salary according to the heaviness of their work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There is no difference between the one planting and the one watering the plants. In the last day they will equally be rewarded by God for the work each one of them did.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The value of the one who plants and the value of the one who waters is just the same, and these two will be rewarded by God according to what they’ve done.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “It is true that Apollos and I are paid/salaried in proportion to what the two of us (excl.) have done, but our (excl.) status as planter and waterer is nonetheless the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For the planter and the waterer, they are of-one-mind in what they are doing, persevering for a single (end). And the day will come when, each one of them will receive a reward according to what each one has persevered-in-doing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Those who plant the seeds and those who water them, they are of the same word. But each one, concerning what work he does, God will pay him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 4:17:

• Uma: “So, I am purposely sending Timotius to meet with you. Timotius, I consider him my own son whom I love, who is faithful [lit., stays] in the Lord’s work. When he arrives, he will remind you how my behavior in following Kristus is, like what I teach all Kristen people in every village I go to.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “This is the reason why I told Timoteo to go there so that you will know/be able to copy my behavior. I love him and he is like my son because I influenced him to trust in Isa Almasi. He is really trustworthy. He will remind you as to how the behavior of people following Almasi should be. Like that is also my behavior since I followed Isa Almasi. And that is also what I teach to the ones trusting in Isa in the places I go to.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Therefore, I am sending Timothy to you; he is my dear son who is very faithful to the commands of the Lord. He will teach you my customs, and these are the things that are good for a believer in Christ to do. And these are also the things that I teach believers in every town.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “This is the reason I sent Timoteo to help you to do that. He is one whom I consider my much-loved child who is also faithful in serving the Lord Jesus. He will remind you of the way-of-life I am following because of my faith in Cristo Jesus which is the way-of-life that I am also teaching in the congregations in all the towns.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, because of this desire of mine that you be able to copy my nature/ways, I sent Timoteo to you, he whom I really hold dear and whom I regard also as like my child in believing. He is faithful in his following/obeying the Lord and he is the one who will remind you of my nature/ways in my following/obeying the Lord. Obedience like this is also what I teach to believers in all the places I go to.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Therefore I am sending Timothy there in order to tell you how it is that you should walk. This man is one whom I love as though he were my son because he believes well in Jesus Christ. Concerning how I walk in following Jesus Christ, he will tell you about this. Like the work I teach people wherever the believers gather, just like that he will tell you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 6:15:

• Uma: “Don’t you know, relatives, your bodies are portions of the Body of Kristus. Is it good for us to use our bodies that belong to Kristus to behave wrongly with a loose woman? No indeed!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You know that we (incl.) the ones trusting in Isa Almasi, our (incl.) bodies are figuratively parts/belongings of Almasi’s body. It does not hit-the-mark if a person who is considered to be part of Almasi’s body lies with a bad woman.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You know, don’t you, that we believers, our bodies are parts of the body of Christ. That’s why it’s not possible that we use a part of the body of Christ to sleep with a woman whose activity is filthy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Don’t you know that the bodies of us believers, they are part of Cristo’s body? If that is so, is it OK if we who are a part of Cristo’s body leave in order that we will be joined to the body of a woman who is a prostitute (lit. whose womanhood is bought)? It cannot be!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “What’s this, don’t you yet know that, as for us believers, our bodies are now like a part of the body of Cristo? Well then, should we take a part of this body of Cristo and make it a part of the body of a woman whose life-style is not good because she makes her living with her body? That is definitely not allowable.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Do you not know that our bodies are in place of (= represent) Christ’s body? Is it possible that we take away a part of Christ’s body and join it with the body of a woman who is a prostitute? This is not possible!” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)