Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 7:38:

• Uma: “So, the ones who get married [do] good, but the ones who don’t get married [do] even better.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “It is good if he causes his child to have a husband but it is much better if he does not cause her to have a husband.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is good if he allows his daughter to marry, but it is also good if he does not have her get married.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore if he gives-his child -in-marriage, that’s a good-thing for him to do, but it is still better if he does not give-(her) -in-marriage.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore, to marry or not are both good. But it would be much better if he didn’t marry her.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The one who gives his daughter in marriage does good. The one who does not give his daughter in marriage does even better.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 9:17:

• Uma: “If for example I carry the Good News because it’s what I want to do, it is appropriate for me to hope/expect a reward/return. But it’s not due to my desire that I carry the Good News. Want to or not, I must carry it because that is the work that God deliberately charged me with [lit., caused-me-to-carry-on-shoulders].” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If it were me who chose this my work, na, it would be right for me to be given wages. But this is the reason why I do this not from my wish but because God gave me this work to do. Therefore I work because this was entrusted to me by him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If my spreading the Good News were just my own idea, it would be allowable for me to be rewarded; but because I am just a servant of God, He commanded me to do this; it’s necessary that I carry it out just because he entrusted this to me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If I had been the one who chose this work, it would be right for me to be paid. But since God is the one who entrusted it to me, it’s-enough-that I fulfill the work-he -has-given-to-do.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “If I were doing this out of my own desire it would be possible/acceptable for me to expect help with the things I need from those I teach, which would be like a reward for my effort. But since God is the origin of this position/responsibility of mine, I am just attending-to/facing what he entrusted to me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “And now, if it were just my own pleasure that I speak this word, then I would have good pay. But the fact is I am not doing just my own pleasure, rather it is essential that I speak this word because God gave me the work that I speak it.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 10:22:

• Uma: “Do you think that it is nothing if we accompany those who worship idols to draw-out/fish-for the Lord’s anger? Do you think we are stronger than the Lord?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Do we (dual) want to make God angry? Is it that we (dual) are stronger than he is?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And it’s not good if the Lord becomes angry with us, because it’s not possible that we can avoid His punishment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Is it not indeed dangerous if you make-the Lord -jealous by your doing that? Do you perhaps think that you are capable of defeating him?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, since God is jealous, do we want to ask for his anger? Is our ability more than his?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Do not want that the Lord Jesus will be angry with you. What do you think you can do against him?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 11:21:

• Uma: “For in your gatherings, some of you immediately eat your own food and drink your own wine, with the result that you are drunk-on-it. Yet your companion who doesn’t have anything is hungry.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Because you eat ahead the food you brought and don’t leave anything for your companions. There are some that are hungry and there are also some that are drunk.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I say this is because they say that there’s some of you who are selfish and you go ahead and eat first and you don’t leave anything for your companions, and because of this, some go away hungry. And that’s not all, because some of you even get drunk!” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because reportedly you do not wait-for-each-other in order that you would eat at-the-same-time koma but rather each one hurries to eat what he has brought-with-him without sharing it with his companions, so some reportedly get drunk while others are still hungry.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “but rather it’s just your own desires that you are thinking about. Because as for some of you, they go on ahead in eating and drinking without waiting for everyone to eat together, eating and drinking without restraint. Therefore some get drunk and others go hungry.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Because when the hour arrives for eating the meal, each person takes to himself the food he brought and sits down and eats it all himself. But the people who are poor go hungry while other people are filled up, even to the point of being drunk.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)