Open Bible Data Home  About  News  OET Key

OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB MSB BLB AICNT OEB WEBBE WMBB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS Wymth ASV DRA YLT Drby RV SLT Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wycl SR-GNT UHB BrLXX BrTr Related Parallel Simple Interlinear Topics Reference Dictionary Search

InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL LAO GES LES ESG DNG 2 PS TOB JDT ESA WIS SIR BAR LJE PAZ SUS BEL MAN 1 MAC 2 MAC 3 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV

1 Cor C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16

1 Cor 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V19 V20 V21

OET interlinear 1 COR 4:18

◄ ← 1 COR 4:18 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©

SR Greek word order

    1. Greek word
    2. Greek lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. Ὡς
    2. hōs
    3. When
    4. -
    5. 56130
    6. C·······
    7. when
    8. when
    9. S
    10. Y59
    11. 114557
    1. μή
    2. mē
    3. not
    4. -
    5. 33610
    6. D·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114558
    1. ἐρχομένου
    2. erχomai
    3. coming
    4. come
    5. 20640
    6. VPPM·GMS
    7. coming
    8. coming
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114559
    1. δέ
    2. de
    3. and
    4. -
    5. 11610
    6. C·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114560
    1. μού
    2. egō
    3. of me
    4. -
    5. 14730
    6. R···1G·S
    7. ˱of˲ me
    8. ˱of˲ me
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114561
    1. πρός
    2. pros
    3. to
    4. -
    5. 43140
    6. P·······
    7. to
    8. to
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114562
    1. ὑμᾶς
    2. su
    3. you all
    4. you all
    5. 47710
    6. R···2A·P
    7. you_all
    8. you_all
    9. -
    10. Y59; R114343
    11. 114563
    1. ἐφυσιώθησαν
    2. fusioō
    3. were arrogant
    4. arrogant
    5. 54480
    6. VIAP3··P
    7. ˓were˒ arrogant
    8. ˓were˒ arrogant
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114564
    1. τινές
    2. tis
    3. some
    4. -
    5. 51000
    6. R····NMP
    7. some
    8. some
    9. -
    10. Y59; F114581
    11. 114565

OET (OET-LV) When not and coming of_me to you_all, were_arrogant some.

OET (OET-RV) Now some of you have become arrogant, as if I’m not able to come back to see you all,

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–21: The Corinthians should respect Paul as a servant of Christ

Paul continued to talk about how the Corinthian believers should think about their Christian leaders, especially himself. He said that Christian leaders are servants of Christ and should be judged only by Christ. Some Corinthian believers were saying that they did not have to listen to Paul’s teaching. Paul encouraged the Corinthians to respect and obey him as their spiritual father.

Other possible section headings include:

Paul encouraged the Corinthians to respect him and Apollos

Paul and Apollos deserved respect as Christ’s servants

Paragraph 4:14–21

Paul wanted the Corinthians to change the way they were thinking about him and accept his authority again. So he used another metaphor—that of a father with his children—to help them understand how they should respect and obey him.

4:18a

Some of you have become arrogant,

Some of you have become arrogant: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as have become arrogant is the same word as in 4:6d, where the BSB translates it as “take pride.” It refers to a bad kind of boastful pride. Other ways to translate this include:

Some of you have become proud. (NCV)

Some of you have apparently grown conceited. (JBP)

4:18b

as if I were not coming to you.

as if I were not coming to you: After Paul had started the church in Corinth, he left. At the time he was writing this letter, he had been gone from Corinth for two and a half or three years. We do not know why some people in Corinth were saying that Paul was not coming back. But this was not true. In your translation, use the form of a verb for something that people believe to be true but is not true. For example:

as though I were not coming back to you

thinking that I will not come to you again (NCV)

because you think I won’t pay you a visit (GW)

General Comment on 4:18a-b

In some languages it may be natural to reverse the order of these two verse parts, following the Greek sentence structure. For example:

18bNow some people there think that I am not going to visit you again, 18aand so they have begun to talk proudly about their own importance/authority.

Some of you think I am not coming for a visit, and so you are bragging. (CEV)

But some of you, thinking that I am not coming to you, have become arrogant. (NRSV)

General Comment on 4:18a-b

In some languages it may be more natural to translate this verse using a direct quote, for example:

18bSome of you are talking like this among yourselves: “Paul will not come here again.” 18aAnd so you have begun to be proud and boast about yourselves.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δέ

and

Here, Now introduces a development in the argument. Paul starts addressing some of the Corinthians who are proud. If Now does not introduce a new part of the argument in your language, you could use a word or phrase that does do this. Alternate translation: [Moving on,]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

τινες

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς μή ἐρχομένου δέ μού πρός ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησαν τινές)

The word some refers to some of the Corinthians. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express what some refers to by clarifying that it identifies some Corinthian believers. Alternate translation: [some from among you]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐφυσιώθησάν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς μή ἐρχομένου δέ μού πρός ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησαν τινές)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who does the action, Paul implies that the people “puff” themselves up. Alternate translation: [have puffed themselves up]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-condition-contrary

ὡς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς μή ἐρχομένου δέ μού πρός ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησαν τινές)

Here Paul speaks of him not coming as something that is a possibility. However, he is convinced that this is not true, since he will “come” to them. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that the speaker believes is not true. Alternate translation: [as if]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / go

μὴ ἐρχομένου & μου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὡς μή ἐρχομένου δέ μού πρός ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησαν τινές)

Here Paul is speaking about his plan to visit the Corinthians at some point. Use a form in your language that indicates future travel plans to visit someone. Alternate translation: [I were not about to arrive where you live]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Greek word
    5. Greek lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. OET Gloss
    8. VLT Gloss
    9. CAPS codes
    10. Confidence
    11. OET tags
    12. OET word #
    1. When
    2. -
    3. 56130
    4. S
    5. hōs
    6. C-·······
    7. when
    8. when
    9. S
    10. Y59
    11. 114557
    1. not
    2. -
    3. 33610
    5. mē
    6. D-·······
    7. not
    8. not
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114558
    1. and
    2. -
    3. 11610
    5. de
    6. C-·······
    7. and
    8. and
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114560
    1. coming
    2. come
    3. 20640
    5. erχomai
    6. V-PPM·GMS
    7. coming
    8. coming
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114559
    1. of me
    2. -
    3. 14730
    5. egō
    6. R-···1G·S
    7. ˱of˲ me
    8. ˱of˲ me
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114561
    1. to
    2. -
    3. 43140
    5. pros
    6. P-·······
    7. to
    8. to
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114562
    1. you all
    2. you all
    3. 47710
    5. su
    6. R-···2A·P
    7. you_all
    8. you_all
    9. -
    10. Y59; R114343
    11. 114563
    1. were arrogant
    2. arrogant
    3. 54480
    5. fusioō
    6. V-IAP3··P
    7. ˓were˒ arrogant
    8. ˓were˒ arrogant
    9. -
    10. Y59
    11. 114564
    1. some
    2. -
    3. 51000
    5. tis
    6. R-····NMP
    7. some
    8. some
    9. -
    10. Y59; F114581
    11. 114565

OET (OET-LV) When not and coming of_me to you_all, were_arrogant some.

OET (OET-RV) Now some of you have become arrogant, as if I’m not able to come back to see you all,

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 CNTR.

OET logo mark

◄ ← 1 COR 4:18 ↑ → ► ║ ≡ ©