OET interlinear 1COR 7:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

οἶδας & τὸν ἄνδρα σώσεις & οἶδας & τὴν γυναῖκα σώσεις

˱you˲_/have/_known & the husband ˱you˲_/will_be/_saving & ˱you˲_/have/_known & the wife ˱you˲_/will_be/_saving

Here Paul addresses each individual woman within the Corinthian church. Because of this, you in this verse is always singular.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί & οἶδας, γύναι, εἰ τὸν ἄνδρα σώσεις? ἢ τί οἶδας, ἄνερ, εἰ τὴν γυναῖκα σώσεις?

how & ˱you˲_/have/_known wife whether the husband ˱you˲_/will_be/_saving or how ˱you˲_/have/_known husband ¬if the wife ˱you˲_/will_be/_saving

Paul does not ask these questions because he is looking for information. Rather, he asks them to involve the Corinthians in what he is arguing. The questions assume that the answer is “we do not know for sure.” If these questions would be confusing for your readers, you could express the ideas by using statements. Paul could be using these questions to show the Corinthians that: (1) they should have little confidence about unbelieving spouses becoming Christians. The questions thus support how Paul allows divorces initiated by an unbelieving spouse in 7:15. Alternate translation: “you cannot know, woman, that you will save the husband. And you cannot know, man, that you will save the wife.” (2) show the Corinthians that they should have much confidence about unbelieving spouses becoming Christians. The questions thus support how Paul says that the unbelieving spouse is “holy” in 7:14. Alternate translation: “you could not know, woman, but you may save the husband. And you could not know, man, but you may save the wife.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

τί γὰρ οἶδας, γύναι, εἰ & τί οἶδας, ἄνερ, εἰ

how for ˱you˲_/have/_known wife whether & how ˱you˲_/have/_known husband ¬if

Here, the words woman and man are direct addresses to people in the audience. If your language would put these words somewhere else in the sentence, you could move them to where they sound natural. Alternate translation: “For woman, how do you know whether … man, how do you know whether”

τί & οἶδας, γύναι, εἰ τὸν ἄνδρα σώσεις? ἢ τί οἶδας, ἄνερ, εἰ τὴν γυναῖκα σώσεις?

how & ˱you˲_/have/_known wife whether the husband ˱you˲_/will_be/_saving or how ˱you˲_/have/_known husband ¬if the wife ˱you˲_/will_be/_saving

Here Paul directly addresses a woman and a man in the audience. The Corinthians would have understood him to mean a woman or man in their group who was married to an unbelieving spouse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express woman or man by stating the direct address in a different way. Alternate translation: “how does any woman know whether she will save the husband? Or how does any man know whether he will save the wife?”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

γύναι & τὸν ἄνδρα & ἄνερ & τὴν γυναῖκα

wife & the husband & husband & the wife

Here Paul refers to woman, husband, man, and wife in the singular, but he is speaking generically of any person who fits into these categories. If your language does not use the singular form to refer to people in general, you can use a form that does refer generically to people in your language. Alternate translation: “each of you women … your husband … each of you men … your wife”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence -1) σώσεις

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: τί γὰρ οἶδας γύναι εἰ τὸν ἄνδρα σώσεις ἢ τί οἶδας ἄνερ εἰ τὴν γυναῖκα σώσεις)

Here Paul speaks of husbands or wives leading their spouses to faith in Jesus as “saving” them. By this, Paul means that the woman or man is the means by which God will save the husband or wife. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express you will save with a word or phrase that refers to leading someone towards “salvation,” that is, helping them to believe in Jesus. Alternate translation: “God will use you to save … God will use you to save”