uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

περὶ δὲ τῶν πνευματικῶν

concerning and ¬the spiritual_‹matters›

Connecting Statement:

Just as in 8:1, Now about introduces a new topic that Paul wishes to address. Likely, the topics that he introduces in this way are those about which the Corinthians wrote to him. Translate Now about here as you translated it in 8:1. Alternate translation: “Next, about”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

τῶν πνευματικῶν

¬the spiritual_‹matters›

Connecting Statement:

Here, spiritual gifts refers to how the Holy Spirit enables specific believers to do specific things. Paul gives a list of some of these spiritual gifts in 12:8–10. These gifts should not be understood as “abilities” that the believer naturally has. Rather, the gifts are ways in which the Holy Spirit works through a specific person to do specific things that not everyone else can do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express spiritual gifts with a different word or phrase that gets this idea across while maintaining some reference to the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: “abilities given by the Holy Spirit” or “ways that the Holy Spirit equips believers”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀδελφοί

brothers

Connecting Statement:

Although brothers is in masculine form, Paul is using it to refer to any believer, whether man or woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express brothers with a non gendered word or refer to both genders. Alternate translation: “brothers and sisters”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν

not ˱I˲_/am/_wanting you_all /to_be/_not_knowing

Here Paul uses a figure of speech that expresses a strong positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that has a meaning opposite to that of the intended meaning. If this is confusing in your language, you can express the meaning positively. Alternate translation: “I want you to have knowledge” or “I want you to be very knowledgeable”