1COR 14:36 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Did God’s message originate from you all, or did it only come to you?

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST If you dislike what I have said, remember that you are not the source of what God has said, and you are not the only ones who have heard and believed what God has said.

BSB § Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

AICNT Or did the word of God originate from you? Or did it reach only you?

OEB What! Did God’s message to the world originate with you? Or did it find its way to none but you?

WEBBE What!? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?

LSV Did the word of God come forth from you? Or did it come to you alone?

FBV What? Did the word of God begin with you? Are you the only ones it came to?

TCNT Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

T4T If you do not agree with these things that I have been telling you, remember that [RHQ] the message from God did not first come from you people in Corinth. Also, you are not [RHQ] the only ones who have heard it! Many others have heard it and accepted it, so you should not act as though you are the only believers who have heard the message from God.

LEB Or has the word of God gone out from you, or has it come to you only?

BBE What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you?

Moff No Moff 1COR book available

Wymth Was it from you that God's Message first went forth, or is it to you only that it has come?

ASV What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?

DRA Or did the word of God come out from you? Or came it only unto you?

YLT From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?

Drby Did the word of [fn]God go out from you, or did it come to you only?

14.36 Elohim

RV What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?

Wbstr What? came the word of God out from you? or came it to you only?

KJB-1769 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

KJB-1611 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it vnto you onely?
(What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you onely?)

Bshps Sproung the worde of God from you? Either came it vnto you only?
(Sproung the word of God from you? Either came it unto you only?)

Gnva Came the worde of God out from you? either came it vnto you onely?
(Came the word of God out from you? either came it unto you onely? )

Cvdl Or spronge the worde of God from amonge you? Or is it come vnto you onely?
(Or spronge the word of God from among you? Or is it come unto you onely?)

TNT Spronge the worde of god from you? Ether came it vnto you only?
(Spronge the word of god from you? Ether came it unto you only? )

Wycl Whether `of you the word of God cam forth, or to you aloone it cam?
(Whether `of you the word of God came forth, or to you alone it cam?)

Luth Oder ist das Wort Gottes von euch auskommen, oder ist‘s allein zu euch kommen?
(Oder is the Wort God’s from you auskommen, or ist‘s alone to you kommen?)

ClVg An a vobis verbum Dei processit? aut in vos solos pervenit?
(An from to_you the_word of_God processit? aut in you solos arrived? )

UGNT ἢ ἀφ’ ὑμῶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν, ἢ εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν?
(aʸ af’ humōn ho logos tou Theou exaʸlthen, aʸ eis humas monous kataʸntaʸsen?)

SBL-GNT ἢ ἀφʼ ὑμῶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν, ἢ εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν;
(aʸ afʼ humōn ho logos tou theou exaʸlthen, aʸ eis humas monous kataʸntaʸsen;)

TC-GNT Ἢ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν; Ἢ εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν;
(Aʸ af humōn ho logos tou Theou exaʸlthen; Aʸ eis humas monous kataʸntaʸsen; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ἢ

either

The word Or introduces an alternate to the instructions that Paul has given about proper order in worship, including what he has said in 14:27–35 but especially 14:33b–35. Paul uses Or to indicate that thinking that the word of God went out from them is the opposite of obeying what he has said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express Or with a word or phrase that introduces an alternative. Alternate translation: [Suppose you do not want to follow my instructions. Consider this:]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἢ ἀφ’ ὑμῶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν, ἢ εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν?

either from you_all the word ¬the ˱of˲_God came_out or to you_all only ˱it˲_arrived

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 to both is “no, it did not.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express these questions by stating the ideas with strong negations. If you do so, you will need to replace Or with different transition words. Alternate translation: [Indeed, the word of God certainly did not go out from you, and it certainly did not come only to you.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν & κατήντησεν

the word ¬the ˱of˲_God came_out & ˱it˲_arrived

Here Paul speaks as if the word of God were a person who could travel. He speaks in this way to emphasize the word over the people who proclaim that word. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate that people travel with the word and indicate the emphasis on the word of God in another way. Alternate translation: [did the people who proclaim the word of God go out … did people who proclaim it come]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν & εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν

the word ¬the ˱of˲_God came_out & to you_all only ˱it˲_arrived

In the first question, go out refers to the Corinthians as the source of the word of God. In the second question, come refers to the Corinthians as the recipients of the word of God. Use movement words that make this clear in your language. Alternate translation: [did the word of God depart … did it reach only you]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ

the word ¬the ˱of˲_God

Here, word represents what someone says in words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express word with an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the message of God]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ

the word ¬the ˱of˲_God

Here Paul uses the possessive to describe a word that is: (1) from God. Alternate translation: [the word from God] (2) about God. Alternate translation: [the word about God]

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