SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 6:12

Section 6:12–20

Believers must live pure lives because they belong to the Lord

6:12a “Everything is permissible for me,”

⌊Someone has said:⌋ “I am permitted to do anything.”
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⌊It has been said:⌋ “I am allowed to do whatever I want.”
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Some of you like to quote this teaching/saying: “We (incl.) can do/be anything we choose.”

6:12b but not everything is beneficial.

Some things, however, are not useful/helpful.
-or-

⌊Well, yes.⌋ But that does not mean that everything is good/helpful ⌊for you/us (incl.)⌋.
-or-

⌊In one sense that may be true,⌋ but some things have no value/profit/advantage.

6:12c “Everything is permissible for me,”

“I am permitted to do anything,” yes,
-or-

⌊Someone has said:⌋ “I am allowed to do whatever I want,”
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⌊You say that⌋ we (incl.) are free to do anything we want/choose to do,

6:12d but I will not be mastered by anything.

but I will not let anything be my boss/master.
-or-
but I will not become a slave to anything.
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but I refuse to allow anything to control me.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:24

7:24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

(Good News Translation) My friends, each of you should remain in fellowship with God in the same condition that you were when you were called.

⌊So then,⌋ my fellow believers, I want each one of you, with God’s help, to stay/remain in the place/situation in life you were in when God called/chose you.
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⌊And so,⌋ my fellow believers, we (incl.) each should keep on living the same kind of life we (incl.) had when God called/chose us ⌊to become one of his people⌋, for he is near ⌊to help us⌋.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 9:3

9:3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

This is how I defend myself to those who judge me.
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When people question my authority, this is how I answer them.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 10:8

10:8a We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did,

We (incl.) must not sin sexually as some of them sinned.
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We must not do sexual sin. That is what some of them did,

10:8b and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Because of their sin, ⌊sickness⌋ caused twenty-three thousand of those people to die in a single day.
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and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died ⌊because of their sin⌋.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 11:7

11:7a A man ought not to cover his head,

A man should not cover his head
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It is not appropriate for men to cover their heads ⌊when they pray or prophesy⌋

11:7b since he is the image and glory of God;

because he is ⌊made⌋ in the image of God and is/reflects the glory of God.
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because ⌊God created them⌋ to be like God and display his greatness.

11:7c but the woman is the glory of man.

But a woman is/reflects the glory of man.
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But women display the greatness of men.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 12:5

12:5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

There are different ways that we (incl.) serve, but ⌊we (incl.) all serve⌋ the same Lord.
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We (incl.) serve ⌊God⌋ in different ways, but there is only one Lord.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 13:6

13:6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

Love does not rejoice when people do what is wrong. Instead, it rejoices when they live according to the truth.
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If we love ⌊other people⌋, we are not pleased when they sin. Instead we are pleased when they do good deeds.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 14:25

14:25a and the secrets of his heart will be made known.

His secrets thoughts will be revealed.
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The ⌊evil⌋ things that he hid in his heart will become known/open ⌊to himself⌋.

14:25b So he will fall facedown and worship God,

So he will kneel down and worship God,
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So he will prostrate himself as he worships God,

14:25c proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

and say, “Certainly God is here in your (plur.) midst!”
-or-
and he will declare that God is truly present among you.

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