1 Korintus 15:39

15:39 All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another. ¹ 

1 Korintus 10:25

10:25 Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

1 Korintus 8:13

8:13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them ²  to sin.

1 Korintus 15:50

15:50 Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: ³  Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

1 Korintus 10:18

10:18 Look at the people of Israel. ⁴  Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

1 Korintus 6:16

6:16 Or do you not know that anyone who is united with ⁵  a prostitute is one body with her? ⁶  For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ⁷ 

1 Korintus 8:7

8:7 But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

1 Korintus 8:10

8:10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be “strengthened” ⁸  to eat food offered to idols?

1 Korintus 8:4

8:4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol in this world is nothing,” and that “there is no God but one.” ⁹ 

1 Korintus 8:1

Food Sacrificed to Idols

8:1 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” ¹⁰  Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Korintus 10:28

10:28 But if someone says to you, “This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience ¹¹  –

1 Korintus 1:29

1:29 so that no one can boast in his presence.

1 Korintus 5:5

5:5 turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved ¹²  in the day of the Lord. ¹³ 

1 Korintus 1:26

1:26 Think about the circumstances of your call, ¹⁴  brothers and sisters. ¹⁵  Not many were wise by human standards, ¹⁶  not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. ¹⁷ 

1 Korintus 7:28

7:28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, ¹⁸  and I am trying to spare you such problems. ¹⁹ 

1 Korintus 3:3

3:3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. ²⁰  For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people? ²¹ 

1 Korintus 10:19

10:19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

1 Korintus 3:1-2

Immaturity and Self-deception

3:1 So, brothers and sisters, ²²  I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, ²³  as infants in Christ. 3:2 I fed you milk, ²⁴  not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

1 Korintus 10:23

Live to Glorify God

10:23 “Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful,” ²⁵  but not everything builds others up. ²⁶ 

1 Korintus 10:29

10:29 I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

[15:39]  ¹ tn Grk “all flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one (flesh) of people, but another flesh of animals and another flesh of birds and another of fish.”

[8:13]  ² tn Grk “my brother.” Both “my brother or sister” earlier in the verse and “one of them” here translate the same Greek phrase. Since the same expression occurs in the previous line, a pronoun phrase is substituted here to suit English style, which is less tolerant of such repetition.

[15:50]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[10:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “Israel according to (the) flesh.”

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Or “is in relationship with.”

[6:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “is one body,” implying the association “with her.”

[6:16]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.

[8:10]  ⁸ tn Or “built up”; This is the same word used in v. 1b. It is used ironically here: The weak person is “built up” to commit what he regards as sin.

[8:4]  ⁹ sn “An idol in this world is nothing” and “There is no God but one.” Here and in v. 1 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.

[8:1]  ¹⁰ sn “We all have knowledge.” Here and in v. 4 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.

[10:28]  ¹¹ tc The Byzantine texttype and a few other witnesses (H^c Ψ Ï) essentially duplicate v. 26 at the end of this verse (with γάρ [gar, “for”] in second instead of third position), which itself is a quotation from Ps 24:1 (23:1 LXX). Not only is there a vast number of early, important, and diverse witnesses that lack this extra material (א A B C* D F G H* P 33 81 365 630 1175 1739 1881 2464 latt co), but the quotation seems out of place at this point in the discourse for Paul is here discussing reasons not to partake of food that has been sacrificed to idols. Perhaps scribes felt that since food is from the Lord, to eat meat sacrificed to idols contradicts that belief. Either way, the better witnesses lack the clause which, had it been authentic to v. 28, would have not occasioned such a widespread excision. The evidence is thus compelling for the shorter reading.

[5:5]  ¹² tn Or perhaps “turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of your fleshly works, so that your spirit may be saved…”; Grk “for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved.” This is one of the most difficult passages in the NT, and there are many different interpretations regarding what is in view here. (1) Many interpreters see this as some sort of excommunication (“turn this man over to Satan”) which in turn leads to the man’s physical death (“the destruction of the flesh”), resulting in the man’s ultimate salvation (“that [his] spirit may be saved…”). (2) Others see the phrase “destruction of the flesh” as referring to extreme physical suffering or illness that stops short of physical death, thus leading the offender to repentance and salvation. (3) A number of scholars (e.g. G. D. Fee, First Corinthians [NICNT], 212-13) take the reference to the “flesh” to refer to the offender’s “sinful nature” or “carnal nature,” which is “destroyed” by placing him outside the church, back in Satan’s domain (exactly how this “destruction” is accomplished is not clear, and is one of the problems with this view). (4) More recently some have argued that neither the “flesh” nor the “spirit” belong to the offender, but to the church collectively; thus it is the “fleshly works” of the congregation which are being destroyed by the removal of the offender (cf. 5:13) so that the “spirit,” the corporate life of the church lived in union with God through the Holy Spirit, may be preserved (cf. 5:7-8). See, e.g., B. Campbell, “Flesh and Spirit in 1 Cor 5:5: An Exercise in Rhetorical Criticism of the NT,” JETS 36 (1993): 331-42. The alternate translation “for the destruction of your fleshly works, so that your spirit may be saved” reflects this latter view.

[5:5]  ¹³ tc The shorter reading, κυρίου (kuriou, “Lord”), is found in Ì⁴⁶ B 630 1739 pc; κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ (kuriou Ihsou, “Lord Jesus”) is read by Ì^61vid א Ψ Ï; κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ (kuriou Ihsou Cristou, “Lord Jesus Christ”) by D pc; and κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ (kuriou Jhmwn Ihsou Cristou, “our Lord Jesus Christ”) by A F G P 33 al. The shorter reading is preferred as the reading that best explains the other readings, especially in view of the mention of “Jesus” twice in the previous verse.

[1:26]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “Think about your calling.” “Calling” in Paul’s writings usually refers to God’s work of drawing people to faith in Christ. The following verses show that “calling” here stands by metonymy for their circumstances when they became Christians, leading to the translation “the circumstances of your call.”

[1:26]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[1:26]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

[1:26]  ¹⁷ tn The Greek word ευγενής (eugenh") refers to the status of being born into nobility, wealth, or power with an emphasis on the privileges and benefits that come with that position.

[7:28]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “these will have tribulation in the flesh.”

[7:28]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “I am trying to spare you.” Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. “Such problems” has been supplied here to make the sense of the statement clear.

[3:3]  ²⁰ tn Or “are still merely human”; Grk “fleshly.” Cf. BDAG 914 s.v. σαρκικός 2, “pert. to being human at a disappointing level of behavior or characteristics, (merely) human.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

[3:3]  ²¹ tn Grk “and walking in accordance with man,” i.e., living like (fallen) humanity without the Spirit’s influence; hence, “unregenerate people.”

[3:1]  ²² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[3:1]  ²³ tn Grk “fleshly [people]”; the Greek term here is σαρκινός (BDAG 914 s.v. 1).

[3:2]  ²⁴ sn Milk refers figuratively to basic or elementary Christian teaching. Paul’s point was that the Corinthian believers he was writing to here were not mature enough to receive more advanced teaching. This was not a problem at the time, when they were recent converts, but the problem now is that they are still not ready.

[10:23]  ²⁵ sn “Everything is lawful.” Here again Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 8:1, 4). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.

[10:23]  ²⁶ tn Grk “builds up.” The object “others” is not expressed but is implied, as v. 24 shows. Paul picks up a theme he introduced at the start of this section of the letter (8:1).