SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023 – Page 4

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 14:36

14:36a Did the word of God originate with you?

Did God’s message start with you (plur.) Corinthians?
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Do not imagine that God’s word began at your church!

14:36b Or are you the only ones it has reached?

Are you the only people his message/word has reached?
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Surely you do not think that you are the only church that has received his word!

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:28

15:28a And when all things have been subjected to Him,

When God has done this,
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God will put everything under his Son.

15:28b then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him,

then God who put everything under the Son, will put the Son under himself.
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When everything is under the Son’s authority, then the Son will be under the Father’s authority.

15:28c so that God may be all in all.

He will do this in order that God may be the ruler of everything.
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God will then have authority over all things/people.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 16:2

16:2a On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income,

On the first day of each week you (plur.) should all put aside some money, according to how ⌊God⌋ has blessed you (plur.),
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Every Sunday, each of you are to take some of your money, according to how much money you gained that week.

16:2b saving it up,

and save it.
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You should store it up ⌊at your house⌋,

16:2c so that when I come no collections will be needed.

Then when I come to you (plur.) it will not be necessary to take up a collection.
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so that it will not be necessary to collect money when I arrive in Corinth.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 1:10

Section 1:10–2:16

The believers should not divide up into competing factions. They should be united by true wisdom, the message of the cross

1:10a I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

My fellow believers, speaking with the authority of our (incl.) Lord Jesus Christ, I urge you
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So now, my Christian brothers and sisters, since our Lord Jesus Christ Lord sent me to speak in his name/as his apostle, ⌊please listen to me⌋ I strongly request/urge you to do this:

1:10b that all of you agree together,

to all agree with one another ⌊in what you say and think⌋.
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All of you stop arguing with one another.
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Do not disagree ⌊with each other⌋, but be in agreement in/about what you profess to believe,

1:10c so that there may be no divisions among you

(New Century Version) and not be split into groups

I want you to stop splitting up into different/opposing groups.
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Do not keep on dividing up into ⌊quarreling/competing⌋ groups.
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and not split up into opposing groups.

1:10d and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

Rather, I urge you to be in harmony with each other by thinking the same thoughts, and having the same purpose.
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Rather, be one united group with the same attitudes and judgments/purposes.
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Rather, be united as one in your purpose/goals.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2:11

2:11a For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him?

For who knows all about a person’s thoughts? Only that person’s spirit knows his own thoughts.
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Consider this: the only one who can know what is in someone’s heart is that person himself.

2:11b So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

In the same way, the only one who knows the thoughts/plans in God’s heart is God’s Spirit.
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It is the same ⌊with/concerning God⌋. No one understands/knows about God’s thoughts except God’s Spirit.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 4:4

4:4a My conscience is clear,

Actually, I do not know of anything I have done wrong,
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It is true, I am not aware of any time I did not do my best,
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I think I have done my work well.

4:4b but that does not vindicate me.

but that does not mean that I am innocent ⌊before the Lord⌋.
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but that is not what puts me in the right ⌊before the Lord⌋.
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However, that in itself does not vindicate/justify me.

4:4c It is the Lord who judges me.

It is the Lord who judges/evaluates me.
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No, the Lord is the one who examines/assesses my work.
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⌊Rather⌋, the Lord ⌊Jesus⌋ himself determines if the work I have done for him is good or not.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 6:2

6:2a Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

Have you forgotten that God’s people will ⌊one day⌋ judge ⌊the people of⌋ this world?
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Remember that those who belong to God are going to judge this world.
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For you know that ⌊some day⌋ ⌊we (incl.)⌋, God’s holy people, will be judges over the people of this world.

6:2b And if you are to judge the world,

Well then, since you are going to judge the people of this world,
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And since this is the case,

6:2c are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

are you not able ⌊now⌋ to judge/decide ⌊your⌋ small disagreements?
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you should certainly know how to settle/resolve ⌊your own⌋ various little problems/arguments.
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when you have small disagreements/arguments ⌊among yourselves⌋, you should be able to make peace.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:14

7:14a For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife,

For the husband belongs to the Lord because of his Christian wife.
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The husband who is not a believer is made holy through his believing wife. (New Century Version)

7:14b and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband.

And the wife belongs to the Lord because of you, her Christian husband.
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And the wife who is not a believer is made holy through her believing husband. (New Century Version)

7:14c Otherwise your children would be unclean,

If it were not so, then your children would not belong to God.
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If that were not true, then their children would be like the children of parents who are not Christians.

7:14d but now they are holy.

But because both you and your unbelieving husband or wife belong to God, your children belong to God too.
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But because one parent belongs to God, God cares for the children as belonging to himself also.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023