SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023 – Page 5

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:28

7:28a But if you do marry,

However, if you do marry,
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But if you do take a wife,

7:28b you have not sinned.

you are not sinning.
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you have not done anything wrong in God’s sight/opinion.

7:28c And if a virgin marries,

And if a Christian girl/virgin marries,
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And if the unmarried women ⌊you wrote to me about⌋ do get married,

7:28d she has not sinned.

she not sinning.
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that is not a sin.

7:28e But those who marry will face troubles in this life,

But as you know, people who get married will suffer difficulties in their daily life,
-or-
However, married people will experience unpleasant/painful things in their life in this world,

7:28f and I want to spare you this.

and I would like you to be free from suffering such troubles.
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and I do not want you to have to experience/suffer those difficulties.
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and I would like to keep you from having hard things like that happen to you.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 9:7

9:7a Who serves as a soldier at his own expense?

Do soldiers pay their own salaries?
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While a man is fighting as a soldier, he does not have to support himself.

9:7b Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit?

Don’t people who plant grape vines eat some of the grapes?
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And when a person takes care of fruit trees, he has the right to eat their fruit.

9:7c Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

Don’t people who take care of sheep/goats, drink some of the milk?
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And if a person raises animals, he has the right to use the milk that he gets from them.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 10:12

10:12a So the one who thinks he is standing firm

Therefore, if anyone thinks they are standing strong/firmly ⌊in their faith⌋,
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Therefore ⌊in view of all those examples,⌋ if you feel confident that you will never sin,

10:12b should be careful not to fall.

then they had better take care, for otherwise they will fall into sin.
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then you should watch out that you do not stumble over evil ways and sin ⌊like our ancestors did⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 11:11

11:11a In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man,

However, in the Lord, women do not exist without men,
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Among the Lord’s ⌊people⌋, however, women need men,

11:11b nor is man independent of woman.

nor do men exist without women.
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and men need women.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 12:9

12:9a to another faith by the same Spirit,

Some people are given, through the same Spirit, ⌊the ability⌋ to believe him ⌊deeply/firmly⌋.
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⌊He gives⌋ to some of us, by the same Spirit, ⌊the gift of great⌋ faith/trust/belief.

12:9b to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

Some people are given, through that one Spirit ⌊the ability⌋ to heal ⌊diseases⌋.
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⌊He gives⌋ some of us, through that same Spirit, gifts that help/permit us to heal ⌊sick people⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 13:10

13:10 but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

But when what is perfect comes, what is imperfect will go away.
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In the future we will know these things fully, and the things we know only in part will come to an end.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 14:29

14:29a Two or three prophets should speak,

Similarly, only two or three prophets should speak,
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And in the same way, when people declare God’s word, only two or three people should speak.

14:29b and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

and the other people should think carefully about what they say.
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Then the believers should examine their message ⌊to know whether or not it is true⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:21

15:21a For since death came through a man,

For it was because of a man that people must die,
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For it was a man, ⌊Adam,⌋ who brought death,

15:21b the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

and so it is because of a man that people will come to life again.
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and it is a man, ⌊Jesus Christ,⌋ who brings life to the dead.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 2023