Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 6:11:

• Uma: “Some of you, relatives, had character like that before. But God cleaned you, he made you his portion, he made you straight in his sight. He did this because of your connection with the Lord Yesus Kristus and with the power of the Spirit from our Lord, the Lord God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Formerly some of you did like that. But now you have been made clean, your sins have been removed. You have been made God’s people. God considers you as straight because of what our (incl.) Leader Isa Almasi has done and because of the power of the Spirit of our (incl.) God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The activity of some of you long ago was like this. But now, you’ve been cleaned from your evil activity, and you have been made people who belong to God. And by means of the power of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by means of your being guided by the Holy Spirit, which comes from our (incl.) God, God now thinks of you as righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Previously, some of you were-doing-things like those, but now, because of your being joined to the Lord Jesu Cristo and through God’s Spirit, you have been cleansed from your sins, you have become God’s holy people, and you have been counted as righteous in his sight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “In the past there were some like that among you. But now, you have been cleansed from your sins, and dedicated/secured to God as being his people now. He now regards you as having no sin in his sight. All of this, (it has been accomplished) by the strength of what the Lord Jesu-Cristo did and (by) the supernatural-power of God’s Espiritu Santo whom he caused-to-indwell us.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning this word I tell you, some of you were like this. But now you have been cleared. Now you are God’s people because you believed in the Lord Jesus. And now you walk with the Holy Spirit whom God sent to you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 7:23:

• Uma: “God bought you, he already paid [for you]. Don’t any longer follow the desires of mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You were redeemed by God from your master sin and he redeemed you for a high price. Therefore don’t become slaves to people but become slaves to God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “What God gave to set us free from slavery is very precious; therefore, it’s necessary that we don’t just become disciples of a mere man, but rather we must be disciples of the Lord.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “There is that which God paid in order that you would become his people, so don’t be permitting mere people to distract/turn-you -aside from your serving him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Really with a far-from-ordinary amount God like bought you so that you are now his people. Therefore what’s necessary is that you don’t enslave yourselves to your fellowman but rather just to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Now we are in the hand of Christ, he who paid for our sins. Now our boss is not a mere person.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 9:2:

• Uma: “If other people don’t admit that I am an apostle of the Lord Yesus, you, relatives, you must admit it. For I am the one who brought the Good News to your village. Your faith in the Lord Yesus makes-clear that I am indeed his apostle.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Even though other people say that I was not commissioned by Isa Almasi but as for you there in Korinto you know that I was really commissioned. You are really the proof that I am a person commissioned (apostle) because you follow Isa Almasi because of me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And even though some do not believe that I am an apostle, you there in Corinth, you know already that I am an apostle because it’s not like that by means of me you were given new life.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Even though other people don’t acknowledge that I am an apostle, you shouldn’t have any doubts, because your being-joined to the Lord Jesus is what confirms my apostleship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Even though others don’t acknowledge my apostleship surely as for you, you(emph) acknowledge it. Because this believing/obeying Cristo of yours is what testifies to my apostleship.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Even though there are some who say that I am not Christ’s representative, you know very well that I am. Now because you believe in Christ, you therefore truly realize that I am his representative.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:7:

• Uma: “Don’t worship idols, like some of them did. Like is written in the Holy Book: ‘They sat down to eat and drink, and after that they began to motaro’ [a frenzied dance to summon familiar spirits] to worship an image/idol. ‘” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Let us (incl.) not worship the statues of idols as some of them did in those times. It is written hep about their doing in the holy-book, it says, ‘The people sat down so that they ate and drank to honor their gods. After that they stood up to dance and to do bad.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “We must not worship false objects of worship which is what they did long ago, for there is a written word of God which says, ‘They sat down around it because they were eating and drinking that which they’d sacrificed, and after that they danced.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “and we will also not worship idols like some of them. What they did was written in the word of God which says, ‘The collective-people sat-down to eat and drink and after-that they stood-up to join in excess partying (lit. happinesses).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “You also, put far from you the worship of pretend gods, which was the sin of some of God’s people in the past. For it is contained in the writings that, in their worship of their pretend gods, ‘The people kept-feasting and drinking, and then went on to engage in disgusting merry-making.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Therefore now, do not worship idols like some of them did in worshipping idols. Because it is written in the Holy Book concerning what those people did. It says: ‘The people sat down and ate and had a drinking party. After finishing eating they got up and worshipped the idol, commencing to dance,’ it says.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)