1tn Grk and I, when I came. Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with and, and English style, which generally does not, kajgwv (kagw) has not been translated here.
2tn Grk brothers. See note on the phrase brothers and sisters in 1:10.
3tc A few important mss (Ì46vid Í* A C pc as well as some versions and fathers) read musthvrion (musthrion, mystery) instead of martuvrion (marturion, testimony). But the latter has wider ms support (Í2 B D F G Y 33 1739 1881 Ï and some versions), though not quite as impressive. martuvrion may have been changed by scribes in anticipation of Pauls words in 2:7, or conversely, musthvrion may have been changed to conform to 1:6. Transcriptionally, since the mystery of God/Christ is a well-worn expression in the corpus Paulinum (1 Cor 2:7; 4:1; Eph 3:4; Col 2:2; 4:3), while testimony of Christ occurs in Paul only once (1 Cor 1:6, though testimony of the Lord appears in 2 Tim 1:8), and testimony of God never, it is likely that scribes changed the text to the more usual expression. A decision is difficult in this instance, but a slight preference should be given to martuvrion.
4tn Grk to know nothing.
5tn In extrabiblical literature this word was applied to an initiate of a mystery religion (BDAG 995 s.v. tevleio" 3, gives numerous examples and states this was a technical term of the mystery religions). It could here refer to those who believed Pauls message, the mystery of God (v. 1), and so be translated as those who believe Gods message.
6tn Grk entered the heart, an OT expression, in which the heart functions like the mind.
7sn A quotation from Isa 64:4.
8tn Or combining spiritual things with spiritual words (i.e., words the Spirit gives, as just described).
9tn Grk natural person. Cf. BDAG 1100 s.v. yucikov" a, an unspiritual pers., one who merely functions bodily, without being touched by the Spirit of God.
10tn Or evaluates.
11tn Or is evaluated (i.e., is subject to evaluation); Grk he himself is discerned, that is, the person without the Spirit does not understand the person with the Spirit, particularly in relation to the life of faith.
12sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.