SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023 – Page 3

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 4:9

4:9a For it seems to me that

For I think it is like this:
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For this is what I think.

4:9b God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession,

God has put us (excl.), Christ’s apostles, in the last place of all.
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It is as if God has caused us (excl.) apostles to appear as the most despised/insignificant of all people.
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God has caused us (excl.), Christ’s representatives/messengers, to be viewed with no honor/respect.

4:9c like prisoners appointed for death.

⌊It is as if⌋ we have been sentenced to a public death.
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We are like ⌊criminals/prisoners⌋ about to be killed in front of everyone.
-or-

⌊People make fun of us
(excl.) and treat us badly,⌋ just as if we (excl.) were people who are going to be killed ⌊in the arena⌋,

4:9d We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

Many people are watching us (excl.), both people on earth and angels in heaven, to see what is going to happen to us.
-or-

⌊I say this because⌋ because everyone is watching us (excl.) to see what will happen to us. Not only people but also angels are watching us.
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as if we (excl.) were a public show for the entire angelic and human cosmos/creation.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 6:7

6:7a The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already.

You are arguing with one another in front of judges. That by itself shows that you have totally failed ⌊to live/behave like God’s people⌋.
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⌊Even if the judge decides you are right,⌋ in God’s eyes you are wrong for taking a fellow believer to court.
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To go to law against another believer is in itself a ⌊moral⌋ failure/defeat.

6:7b Why not rather be wronged?

Why not rather suffer/accept the wrong/injustice?
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It would be better to let the other believer wrong you.
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If another Christian has done something wrong to you, ⌊do not go to a judge to accuse him⌋. It is better to do nothing.

6:7c Why not rather be cheated?

Why not rather suffer/accept the loss?
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It would be better to let the other believer cheat/swindle you.
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Or if another Christian has taken/stolen something from you, ⌊do not go to a judge to accuse him⌋. Just let it be that way.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:19

7:19a Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.

It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not circumcised.
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We cannot please God more by getting circumcised. And we cannot please him more by not getting circumcised.
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It does not matter to God whether a man is circumcised or uncircumcised.

7:19b Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

What is important is that we (incl.) do what God tells us.
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We can please God only by doing/obeying what he commands us to do.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 8:11

8:11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

So by knowing so much you (sing.) will ruin a weak believer, a person for whom Christ died.
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In that way, you will harm/damage a believer who is weak because of what you know. And Christ died for this person.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 10:3

10:3 They all ate the same spiritual food

They all ate ⌊from⌋ the same spiritual/miraculous food.
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All of them ate the same bread, bread that God gave them.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 11:2

Section 11:2–16

Men and women should dress appropriately to worship God

11:2a Now I commend you for remembering me in everything

I commend you (plur.) that you remember everything I ⌊said to you⌋
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You are doing well to remember all that I ⌊told you⌋

11:2b and for maintaining the traditions,

and that you (plur.) are maintaining/keeping the tradition
-or-
and you are doing well to follow the teachings

11:2c just as I passed them on to you.

as I handed it down to you (plur.).
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exactly as I taught them to you.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 11:34

11:34a If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home,

If anyone is hungry, he should have something to eat at his own house
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People who are too hungry ⌊to wait⌋ should ⌊first⌋ eat at their own home.

11:34b so that when you come together it will not result in judgment.

in order that your (plur.) meetings may not result in ⌊the Lord⌋ judging you.
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Then your meetings will not cause ⌊God⌋ to punish you.

11:34c And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

And when I come I will tell you more ⌊about this⌋.
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There are some other matters I will teach you about. I will do that when I come ⌊to you⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 13:1

Section 13:1–13

Love endures forever

13:1a If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,

If I speak in the languages of people and the languages of angels,
-or-
Somebody may speak in tongues like people speak and even like angels.

13:1b but have not love,

but do not love ⌊other people⌋,
-or-
But if that person does not have a heart of love,

13:1c I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

I am like a noisy gong or a crashing cymbal.
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their speech is ⌊meaningless⌋ like a person banging on a gong or a cymbal.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023