SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 1:30

1:30a It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus,

No, you are united with Christ Jesus only because of what God has done.
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God is the one who unites you to Christ Jesus.
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Instead, it is because of what God has done for you that you are in Christ Jesus,

1:30b who has become for us wisdom from God:

⌊Christ Jesus⌋ is God’s wise way to save us (incl.).
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It is through Christ Jesus that God wisely acted to save us (incl.).
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Christ Jesus is God’s wise way to save people ⌊from sin and death⌋.

1:30c our righteousness,

That is, God put us (incl.) right,
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⌊Christ made⌋ us (incl.) right with God,

1:30d holiness,

we (incl.) became God’s holy people,
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⌊he⌋ set us (incl.) apart to be God’s own people,

1:30e and redemption.

and by him we (incl.) are redeemed.
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and ⌊he⌋ set us (incl.) free/freed us ⌊from sin/evil⌋.
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and ⌊through Christ⌋ we are ransomed from sin and death.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 3:15

3:15a If it is burned up,

But if his work is burned up,
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⌊But⌋ if/when Christ says/declares that what a certain worker has done is not good,

3:15b he will suffer loss.

that worker will get nothing.
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he/Christ will not reward that worker/person.

3:15c He himself will be saved,

He himself, however, will be saved,
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Yet ⌊God⌋ will save him personally.
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He will receive salvation,

3:15d but only as if through the flames.

but only like somebody escapes though fire/flames.
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But he will be like a person who has to be saved from a fire.
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but only in the way a person is rescued from a burning building.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 5:3

5:3a Although I am absent from you in body,

Even though I am not there with you,
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Although I am far away from you,

5:3b I am present with you in spirit,

I am there with you in my spirit/heart/mind.
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I am present with you spiritually.

5:3c and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this,

And I have already decided that/how we must punish/discipline the man who has sinned.

5:3d just as if I were present.

⌊I am acting/speaking⌋ as one who is present/there with you.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:2

7:2a But because there is so much sexual immorality,

But because many people have relations/sex with people they are not married to,
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⌊Yes/Granted,⌋ but it is very common for people to commit sexual sin. So I say that
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⌊My answer is:⌋ Many people behave immorally.

7:2b each man should have his own wife,

each man should keep/hold to his own wife,
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you ⌊married⌋ men should all have relations with your own wife,
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For that reason, each of you married men are to live in a normal/intimate way with your own wife,

7:2c and each woman her own husband.

and each woman should keep/hold to her husband.
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and all you women ⌊should have relations with⌋ your husband.
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and each woman must do the same with her husband.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:34

7:34a and his interests are divided.

The outcome of that is this: His thoughts are pulled in two directions/ways.
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And so they must think of two things at once.

7:34b The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord,

⌊And think about how it is with women believers:⌋ If a woman no longer has a husband or has never had a husband, she can be always/constantly thinking about serving the Lord.
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⌊In the same way,⌋ a woman who is not married now or who has never married spends her time thinking about what she can do as the Lord’s servant.
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⌊The same is true with Christian women.⌋ Women who are not married or who have never been married occupy themselves serving the Lord.

7:34c how she can be holy in both body and spirit.

She wants to be holy in her body and in her spirit.
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She wants to behave in a pure way, both in the physical and in the spiritual realm.
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They want to offer/give their whole beings/lives to God and please him in everything they do and think.

7:34d But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world,

But if a woman has a husband, she constantly thinks about her day-to-day life in this world.
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On the other hand, a woman with a husband spends her time thinking about the things her family needs to live from day to day.
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But married women devote their thoughts/energy to things that have to do with living in this world.

7:34e how she can please her husband.

She wants to please her husband.
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They want to make their husband happy.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 9:13

9:13a Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food,

Those who perform the temple rites get their food from ⌊the gifts that people bring⌋, do they not?
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As you know, the priests receive their food from what is offered in the temple.

9:13b and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

Those who work at the altar receive part of the meat from the animals that people offer ⌊to God⌋, do they not?
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They make sacrifices on the altar and themselves receive a share of the offerings.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 10:18

10:18a Consider the people of Israel:

Think about the people of Israel.
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For example, take the customs of the Jews.

10:18b Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

Do they not share together in worship when they eat the sacrificed meat?
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They eat the food they sacrifice/offer ⌊to God⌋. In that way they join in the worship of ⌊God⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 11:17

Section 11:17–34

Eat the Lord’s Supper in the proper way

11:17a In the following instructions I have no praise to offer,

In giving these next instructions, I do not praise you (plur.),
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⌊Now,⌋ I cannot commend you in what I am about to tell you,

11:17b because your gatherings do more harm than good.

for your (plur.) meetings harm more that they do good.
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for ⌊you receive⌋ more harm/damage than help/benefit from your gatherings.
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When you meet together, it harms ⌊you⌋ rather than doing ⌊you⌋ good.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023