Original not clear. I’ve taken εν αινιγματι as an adverb, which I’ve
taken from L & N’s entry on αινιγμα. I also think it is a good counter
for the implied "directly" in "face to face."
Whether "all" is 1stPl or 3rdPl is not established until v. 30, as
3rdPl. The "them" is those in v. 28. Illocutionary force of RQ as "only
some" is for tN.
"sick" and "ill" are the same in my dialect, and "sick" can be mental,
so I have followed L & N, which tag the Greek as "sick" + something, by
using the something. Also, unpacking the euphemism is appropriate in
UDB and notes, so I’ve restored literal.
There seems to be no good way to translate παιζω, so I’ve gone the
literal route. The tN will explicate that there are three elements to
"play" here: 1) singing and dancing, 2) pagan worship, and 3) sexual
license.
This work comes from comments from the reader, though not in the
direction he was expecting to go.
Strong passions seem to be less in view than the fiancée’s age (NIGTC),
so the passion alternative belongs in a note, as does the question
whether the man spoken of is the fiancé or the father of the virgin and
the referent of the "it" that "must be so." I have also made more
explicit the four requirements Paul sets out for the marriage not to
take place. Whether they can be combined as idioms is for the UDB and
the notes. I have followed NIGTC in rendering "keep his own virgin" as
(a variation of) "respect her virginity."
"marks" would work if the primary meaning were "evidence" or
"appearance." I’ve put "appear" because Paul may have been using this
as metonymy for Jewish lifestyle.
Since many languages don’t use air quotes, and Paul didn’t either,
thought this was worth trying. The original seems to be a conditional.
I took the protasis from Meyer at
http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/8-5.htm and checked it
against NIGTC, from which I took the last clause because Meyer’s
apodosis didn’t seem to make sense.
Only GOD’s WORD at http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/8-6.htm uses
quotation marks, but I don’t think they’re unwarranted. However, "yet
for us" seems to be part of the frame, not the quotation, and GW
agrees, so I’ve moved those words.
1 Cor 10:33 correct the wording, "Try as I try to please..." is not worded this way in the original. The initial "Try as" is not there since Paul is not exhorting the Corinthians to try as he tries, but only providing the example of his own practices.
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