1COR 14:37 Parallel Verse View

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ULT If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I write to you is a command of the Lord.

UST All people who consider themselves to be those who proclaim what God says or those whom the Holy Spirit has specially empowered must recognize that the Lord himself requires what I am writing to you.

BSB If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

BLB If anyone considers himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things I write to you are the commands of the Lord.

AICNT If anyone thinks they are a prophet or spiritual, let them recognize that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord;

OEB If anyone thinks that he has the gift of preaching or any other spiritual gift, he should recognise that what I am now saying to you is a command from the Lord.

WEBBE If any man thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

LSV If anyone thinks to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you—that they are commands of the LORD;

FBV Anyone who thinks they are a prophet, or that they have some spiritual gift, should be aware that what I'm writing to you is a command of the Lord.

TCNT If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are [fn]commandments of the Lord.

14:37 commandments ¦ a commandment NA TH WH ¦ — SBL

T4T Those of you who think that you have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, or think that you have some other ability that God’s Spirit gives, should realize that the things that I have written about in this letter are things that the Lord has commanded.

LEB If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual,[fn] he should recognize that the things which I am writing to you are of the Lord.[fn]

14:37 Or “or one who possesses the Spirit”

14:37 Some manuscripts have “are a command of the Lord”

BBE If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

Moff No Moff 1COR book available

Wymth If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.

ASV If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

DRA If any seem to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know the things that I write to you, that they are the commandments of the Lord.

YLT if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you — that of the Lord they are commands;

Drby If any one thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things that I write to you, that it is [the] Lord's commandment.

RV If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

Wbstr If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

KJB-1769 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

KJB-1611 If any man thinke himselfe to be a Prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge, that the things that I write vnto you, are the commandements of the Lord.
(If any man thinke himself to be a Prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge, that the things that I write unto you, are the commandments of the Lord.)

Bshps If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete, either spiritual, let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you, are ye commaundementes of the Lorde.
(If any man think himself to be a prophet, either spiritual, let him know that the things that I write unto you, are ye/you_all commandments of the Lord.)

Gnva If any man thinke him selfe to be a Prophet, or spirituall, let him acknowledge, that the things, that I write vnto you, are the commandements of the Lord.
(If any man thinke himself to be a Prophet, or spirituall, let him acknowledge, that the things, that I write unto you, are the commandments of the Lord. )

Cvdl Yf eny man thynke himselfe to be a prophet, or spirituall, let him knowe what I wryte vnto you, for they are the commaundementes of the LORDE.
(If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spirituall, let him know what I write unto you, for they are the commandments of the LORD.)

TNT Yf eny man thinke him sylfe a prophet ether spirituall: let him vnderstonde what thinges I write vnto you. For they are the comaundementes of the Lorde.
(If any man thinke himself a prophet ether spirituall: let him understood what things I write unto you. For they are the commandmentes of the Lord. )

Wycl If ony man is seyn to be a prophete, or spiritual, knowe he tho thingis that Y write to you, for tho ben the comaundementis of the Lord.
(If any man is seen to be a prophet, or spiritual, know he those things that I write to you, for those been the commandmentis of the Lord.)

Luth So sich jemand lässet dünken, er sei ein Prophet oder geistlich, der erkenne, was ich euch schreibe; denn es sind des HErr’s Gebote.
(So itself/yourself/themselves someone lässet dünken, he be a Prophet or geistlich, the/of_the erkenne, what/which I you schreibe; because it are the LORD’s Gebote.)

ClVg Si quis videtur propheta esse, aut spiritualis, cognoscat quæ scribo vobis, quia Domini sunt mandata.[fn]
(When/But_if who/any videtur a_prophet esse, aut spiritualis, cognoscat which scribo vobis, because Master are mandata. )

14.37 Si quis videtur propheta. Quod utique non est, si non ita esse cognoscit: qui enim vere est, ita cognoscit, et qui hæc ignorat, ignorabitur, id est improbabitur. Pusilli in cruce gloriantes etiamsi ignorent quæ subtilissime disseruntur, ad gloriam tamen perveniunt, quia non perit unus de pusillis pro quibus Christus mortuus est. Cognoscat. Cum hoc dicit, innuit difficilia esse verba epistolarum, cum a propheta vel spirituali jubet cognosci.

14.37 When/But_if who/any videtur propheta. That utique not/no it_is, when/but_if not/no ita esse cognoscit: who because vere it_is, ita cognoscit, and who these_things ignorat, ignorabitur, id it_is improbabitur. Pusilli in cruce gloriantes etiamsi ignorent which subtilissime disseruntur, to gloriam tamen perveniunt, because not/no perit unus about pusillis for to_whom Christus dead it_is. Cognoscat. Since this dicit, innuit difficilia esse words epistolarum, when/with from a_prophet or spirituali yubet cognosci.

UGNT εἴ τις δοκεῖ προφήτης εἶναι ἢ πνευματικός, ἐπιγινωσκέτω ἃ γράφω ὑμῖν, ὅτι Κυρίου ἐστὶν ἐντολή.
(ei tis dokei profaʸtaʸs einai aʸ pneumatikos, epiginōsketō ha grafō humin, hoti Kuriou estin entolaʸ.)

SBL-GNT Εἴ τις δοκεῖ προφήτης εἶναι ἢ πνευματικός, ἐπιγινωσκέτω ἃ γράφω ὑμῖν ὅτι κυρίου ⸀ἐστίν·
(Ei tis dokei profaʸtaʸs einai aʸ pneumatikos, epiginōsketō ha grafō humin hoti kuriou ⸀estin;)

TC-GNT Εἴ τις δοκεῖ προφήτης εἶναι ἢ πνευματικός, [fn]ἐπιγινωσκέτω ἃ γράφω ὑμῖν, ὅτι [fn]Κυρίου [fn]εἰσὶν ἐντολαί.
(Ei tis dokei profaʸtaʸs einai aʸ pneumatikos, epiginōsketō ha grafō humin, hoti Kuriou eisin entolai. )

14:37 επιγινωσκετω ¦ επιγεινωσκετω TH

14:37 κυριου ¦ του κυριου ANT TR

14:37 εισιν εντολαι ¦ εστιν εντολη NA TH WH ¦ εστιν SBL

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἴ τις δοκεῖ προφήτης εἶναι ἢ πνευματικός

if anyone /is/_supposing /a/_prophet to_be or spiritual

Here Paul speaks as If some of the Corinthians might think that they are “prophets” or spiritual, but he knows that some of them do think in this way. He uses If to identify these people as the ones that he is addressing. If your language does not use If to identify a certain group of people, you can use a form that does do this. Alternate translation: [Whoever thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

δοκεῖ & ἐπιγινωσκέτω

/is/_supposing & ˱him˲_/let_be/_recognizing

Although himself and him are masculine, Paul is using these words to refer to anyone, whether man or woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express himself and him with non gendered words or refer to both genders. Alternate translation: [thinks himself or herself … let him or her]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

ἐπιγινωσκέτω

˱him˲_/let_be/_recognizing

Here Paul uses a third-person imperative. If you have third-person imperatives in your language, you could use one here. If you do not have third-person imperatives, you could express the idea using a word or phrase such as “should” or “needs to.” Alternate translation: [he needs to acknowledge] or [he should acknowledge]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

γράφω

˱I˲_/am/_writing

Here Paul uses the present tense to refer to this letter, 1 Corinthians. If your language would not use the present tense to refer to a letter that one is currently writing, you could use the tense that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [I have written]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

Κυρίου & ἐντολή

˱of˲_/the/_Lord & /a/_commandment

Here Paul uses the possessive form to the describe the command as: (1) a command that he gives with the authority of the Lord. Alternate translation: [a command that the Lord authorizes] or [a command that has the Lord’s authority] (2) a command that the Lord gave or currently gives. Alternate translation: [a command that the Lord gives]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

Κυρίου & ἐντολή

˱of˲_/the/_Lord & /a/_commandment

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind command, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “command.” Alternate translation: [what the Lord commands]

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