Mar 11, 2015

Old Testament Quotations in 1 Corinthians

Robert Bell notes that Paul quoted from the Old Testament about one hundred times, nearly a fifth of those occur in 1 Corinthians. See the following table compiled by Bell (Robert D. Bell, “Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in 1 Corinthians,” Biblical Viewpoint 7 [1973]: 130–31.
 
Old Testament Quotations in 1 Corinthians
Reference
Introductory Formula
Old Testament Source
1:19
“For it is written”
Isa. 29:14
1:31
“As it is written''
Jer. 9:24
2:9
“As it is written”
Isa. 64:4; 65:17
2:16
“For”
Isa. 40:13
3:19
“For it is written”
Job 5:13
3:20
“And again”
Psa. 94:11
5:13
(none)
Deut. 19:19; etc.
6:16
“For He says”
Gen. 2:24
9:9
“For it is written in the Law of Moses”
Deut. 25:4
10:7
“As it is written”
Exod. 32:6
10:26
“For”
Psa. 24:1
14:21
“In the Law it is written”
Isa. 28:11–12
15:27
“For”
Psa. 8:6
15:32
(none)
Isa. 22:13; 56:12
15:45
“And thus it is written”
Gen. 2:7
15:54
“Then will happen the saying which is written”
Isa. 25:8
15:55
(none)
Hos. 13:14


 

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