tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215116066445385512.post8525899602313578489..comments2023-07-13T05:20:07.334-04:00Comments on Reflections from Broadneck Baptist: Life Letters: Our Upcoming Journey with Paul and the CorinthiansAbbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823753643734462481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215116066445385512.post-76189958317034786232012-06-08T08:45:49.812-04:002012-06-08T08:45:49.812-04:00Praticality appeals to me in most things, and yet ...Praticality appeals to me in most things, and yet the extremes to which some folks apply Paul's letters freaks me out quite a bit - though some of my favorite passages are from these letters. <br /><br />All the same, I hadn't thought about your point that this is one of the only places in the Bible we see a relationship and a specific, early church community, evolve. How cool is that?<br /><br />Looking at the passages and how they might shape our life, it seems to be pretty clear what Paul is calling the Corinthians to do here. A little less clear is his secondary (and unnecessary?) "carrot" for having them do so, as seen in the passage below. I'm a little trobled at the translation, comparing NIV to Message here:<br /><br /><i>Message:</i><br />6-7When we suffer for Jesus, it works out for your healing and salvation. If we are treated well, given a helping hand and encouraging word, that also works to your benefit, spurring you on, face forward, unflinching. Your hard times are also our hard times. When we see that you're just as willing to endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you're going to make it, no doubt about it. <br /><br /><i>NIV:</i><br />3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.<br /><br />Mainly, the part in the <i>Message</i> translation that says suffering works for our healing and salvation. Now, that might be true, but the corresponding text doesn't say anything of the sort in the NIV or other translations.<br /><br />Anyway, just a question (and a common complaint) I have with <i>Message</i> translations.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507874062503931824noreply@blogger.com