1 COR 1:6 Parallel Verse View

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1:6 Or alternatively: as the messiah’s testimony…

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

UST God has blessed you because he has proved to you that what we told you about the Messiah was true.

AICNT just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you,

OEB and so became yourselves a confirmation of my testimony to the Christ.

WEBBE even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you—

WMBB even as the testimony of Messiah was confirmed in you—

NET just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you –

LSV according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

FBV In fact the testimony of Christ was proved valid in your experience,

TCNT just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you,

T4T In that way, he confirmed to you that what we (exc) proclaimed about Christ is true.

LEB just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed in you,

BBE Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

Moff all of which verifies the testimony we bore to Christ when we were with you.

Wymth Thus my testimony as to the Christ has been confirmed in your experience,

ASV even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

DRA As the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,

YLT according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

Drby (according as the testimony of the Christ has been confirmed in you,)

RV even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

SLT As the testimony of Jesus Christ was made firm in you:

Wbstr Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

KJB-1769 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

KJB-1611 Euen as the Testimony of Christ was confirmed in you.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps As the testimonie of Iesus Christ was confirmed in you.
(As the testimony of Yesus/Yeshua Christ was confirmed in you.)

Gnva As the testimonie of Iesus Christ hath bene confirmed in you:
(As the testimony of Yesus/Yeshua Christ hath/has been confirmed in you: )

Cvdl (eue as ye preachinge of Christ is confirmed in you)
((eue as ye/you_all preaching of Christ is confirmed in you))

TNT even as the testimony of Iesus Christ was confermed in you
(even as the testimony of Yesus/Yeshua Christ was confirmed in you )

Wycl as the witnessyng of Crist is confermyd in you;
(as the witnessing of Christ is confirmed in you;)

Luth wie denn die Predigt von Christo in euch kräftig worden ist,
(as/like because/than the sermon from Christo in you kräftig been is,)

ClVg Sicut testimonium Christi confirmatum est in vobis:
(Like testimony of_Christ confirmed it_is in/into/on to_you(pl): )

UGNT καθὼς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν,
(kathōs to marturion tou Ⱪristou ebebaiōthaʸ en humin,)

SBL-GNT καθὼς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν,
(kathōs to marturion tou Ⱪristou ebebaiōthaʸ en humin,)

RP-GNT καθὼς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν·
(kathōs to marturion tou ⱪristou ebebaiōthaʸ en humin;)

TC-GNT καθὼς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν·
(kathōs to marturion tou Ⱪristou ebebaiōthaʸ en humin; )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:1–9: Paul began his letter

Paul began his letter to the Corinthian believers by greeting them. Then he thanked God for helping them.

Paragraph 1:4–9

In this paragraph Paul told the Corinthian believers what he wanted to thank God for. He thanked God for all he had done to help the believers in Corinth. Paul said that he was thankful that God had given them spiritual gifts, especially the ability to speak well about spiritual things and to know spiritual things.

Verses 1:4–8 are one long sentence in the Greek, with the one main verb “I thank” in 1:4. The BSB translated these verses using several shorter sentences. Each sentence tells something for which Paul thanked God. See the General Comment at the end of 1:9 for another suggestion.

1:6

because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.

In this way God’s message that we told you about Christ has been confirmed/verified among you.
Those special abilities God has given to believers in your church prove/demonstrate that our message about Christ is true.
That is how God showed/proved to you that the message we^(excl) told you about Christ is true.

because: There are two ways to interpret the Greek conjunction here:

It means “just as, even as,” or “in this way.” What God did in 1:5 (enriched the Corinthian believers) is how he did what is stated/said in 1:6 (confirmed the testimony). As God enriched the Corinthian believers with spiritual gifts, so he confirmed or proved true the testimony about Christ. For example:
God has enriched your church in every way….This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true. (NLT04) (KJV, NASB, RSV, ESV, NET, NCV)
It means because and introduces the reason for the Corinthian believers receiving spiritual gifts. They were enriched because the testimony about Christ had been confirmed in them. For example:
because what we testified about Christ has been confirmed… (REB) (BSB, NIV, REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), which is supported by several commentaries.

our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you: The verb was confirmed is in the passive form. The whole clause probably means “God confirmed among you our testimony about Christ.” There are two different ways to translate this clause:

Use a passive verb. For example:
the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you (NET)
Use an active verb. For example:
God thus confirmed our testimony about Christ among you

was confirmed: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as was confirmed can be interpreted in two ways:

It means “was proved or shown to be true.” For example:
has been verified (GW) (BSB, GW, NIV, NLT, CEV, RSV, NET, ESV, REB, NASB, KJV)
It means “was established” or “was strengthened.” For example:
has become established (JBP) (GNT, NJB, JBP, NRSV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1) since it has stronger support in English versions.

The implied subject of the passive verb was confirmed is God. God gave evidence that the testimony about Christ was true by giving spiritual gifts to the Corinthians.

in you: There are two ways to interpret the phrase in you here:

It means among you; that is, among the believers in Corinth, or in the church. For example:
was confirmed among you (ESV) (NET, RSV, ESV, GW, NLT)
It means in you; that is, within the hearts and lives of the individual Corinthian believers. For example:
Has been confirmed in your experience (REB) (BSB, NIV, NJB, GNT, KJV, NASB, REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). The majority of Greek scholars support this.

The fact that God enriched the members of the Corinthian church confirmed that the message about Christ was true.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καθὼς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς τό μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν)

Here, just as could introduce: (1) the reason why the Corinthians were made rich. Alternate translation: [which is due to how] (2) a comparison that illustrates how the Corinthians were made rich. Alternate translation: [in the same way that]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς τό μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν)

In this verse, Paul speaks as if what he told the Corinthians about Christ were testimony he gave as a witness in a court of law. This testimony has been confirmed, just as if other evidence proved to the judge that his testimony was accurate. With this metaphor, Paul reminds the Corinthians that they have believed the message about Christ and that it is now an important part of their lives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind this metaphor with a comparable metaphor or express it plainly. Alternate translation: [our message about Christ has been established]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς τό μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν)

Here Paul uses the possessive form to speak about a testimony that concerns Christ. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it explicit that Christ is the content of the testimony. Alternate translation: [the testimony about Christ]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καθώς τό μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν)

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. Paul uses the passive form here to focus on what is confirmed rather than the person doing the “confirming.” If you must state who does the action, Paul implies that “God” does it. Alternate translation: [God has confirmed the testimony of Christ]

Parallel 1 COR 1:6

Section 1:1–9: Paul began his letter

Paragraph 1:4–9

1:6

Parallel 1 COR 1:6