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OET (OET-LV) Therefore whether you_all_are_eating, or you_all_are_drinking, or anything you_all_are_doing, all things to glory of_god be_doing.
OET (OET-RV) So whether you’re eating or drinking or doing whatever, always ensure that God gets honoured.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
οὖν
therefore
Here, Therefore introduces the conclusion of what Paul has argued in 8:1–10:30. If you have a way to introduce the conclusion to an entire section, you could use it here. Alternate translation: “In conclusion”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact
εἴτε & ἐσθίετε, εἴτε πίνετε, εἴτε τι ποιεῖτε
whether & ˱you_all˲_/are/_eating or ˱you_all˲_/are/_drinking or anything ˱you_all˲_/are/_doing
Paul is speaking as if “eating,” “drinking,” and “doing” things were hypothetical possibilities, but he means that the Corinthians will do these things. If your language does not state something as a possibility if it is certain or true and if your readers might think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you could translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “when you eat or drink, or when you do anything”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ
to glory ˱of˲_God
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind glory, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “glorify.” Alternate translation: “to glorify God”
10:31-33 Paul concludes his discussion by summarizing the two principles that are to guide Christian behavior in issues like this: (1) Believers are to do everything for the glory of God (see Col 3:17; 1 Pet 4:11); (2) believers are not to give offense and should avoid doing anything that would harm another person’s Christian faith (cp. 1 Cor 8:9, 13; 1 Jn 2:10). Christians’ behavior is to be guided by what is best for others rather than by personal privilege (cp. Rom 14:13-15, 19-21; 15:1-2). These two basic principles lie at the heart of Paul’s advice on practical Christian living in this letter.
OET (OET-LV) Therefore whether you_all_are_eating, or you_all_are_drinking, or anything you_all_are_doing, all things to glory of_god be_doing.
OET (OET-RV) So whether you’re eating or drinking or doing whatever, always ensure that God gets honoured.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.