1 Corinthians chapter 4: Paul is gay. And more Hadrian

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Ουτως ημας λογιζεσθω ανθρωπος ως υπηρετας χριστου και οικονομους μυστηριων θεου

* So let a man reckon us as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.

 Ωδε λοιπον ζητειται εν τοις οικονομοις ινα πιστος τις ευρεθη

* Moreover as to the rest, it is required in managers that someone be found faithful.

Εμοι δε εις ελαχιστον εστιν ινα υφ υμων ανακριθω η υπο ανθρωπινης ημερας  αλλ ουδε εμαυτον ανακρινω

* To me it is the smallest matter that I should be examined by you or by any humanly day. But neither do I judge myself.

Ουδεν γαρ εμαυτω συνοιδα αλλ ουκ εν τουτω δεδικαιωμαι ο δε ανακρινων με κυριος εστιν

* I am conscious of nothing in myself, but I have not been justified by this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

Paul refers to Deut 17:9:  “Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.”

Ωστε μη προ καιρου τι κρινετε εως αν ελθη ο κυριος ος και φωτισει τα κρυπτα του σκοτους και φανερωσει τας βουλας των καρδιων και τοτε ο επαινος γενησεται εκαστω απο του θεου

* Thus do not judge anything before time, until the Lord might have come, who will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and will make manifest the motives of the heart. Then praise will be to each from God.

Paul refers to Deut 17:12:  “Anyone who shows contempt for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering there to the LORD your God is to be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.”

Ταυτα δε αδελφοι μετεσχηματισα εις εμαυτον και απολλων δι υμας ινα εν ημιν μαθητε το μη υπερ α γεγραπται ινα μη εις υπερ του ενος φυσιουσθε κατα του ετερου

These things, brothers, I have transferred to myself and Apollos on account of you, in order that you might learn from us not above what has been written, in order that not one of you may be puffed up against another.

τις γαρ σε διακρινει τι δε εχεις ο ουκ ελαβες ει δε και ελαβες τι καυχασαι ως μη λαβων

* Who makes you different? What do you have which you did not receive? If you received it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Presumably, Paul refers to a matter that the Corinthian community has addressed to him.

Ηδη κεκορεσμενοι εστε ηδη επλουτησατε χωρις ημων εβασιλευσατε και οφελον γε εβασιλευσατε ινα και ημεις υμιν

* Already you are satiated. Already you were enriched. You reigned apart from us. And I wish you did reign, in order that we might reign with you!

Δοκω γαρ ο θεος ημας τους αποστολους εσχατους απεδειξεν ως επιθανατιους οτι θεατρον εγενηθημεν τω κοσμω και αγγελοις και ανθρωποις

I think that God has set forth us last apostles, as men sentenced to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, to messengers, and to men

ημεις μωροι δια Χριστον υμεις δε φρονιμοι εν Χριστω ημεις ασθενεις υμεις δε ισχυροι υμεις ενδοξοι ημεις δε ατιμοι

* We are fools on account of Christ, you however are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are glorified, we are dishonored.

This has the sound of a reference to the vanquished Judeans who served bar Cochba.

Αχρι της αρτι ωρας και τεινωμεν και διψωμεν και γυμνιτευμεν και κολαφιζομεθα και αστατουμεν

* As far as the present hour, we hunger and thirst, we are naked and beaten and wander homelessly,

This also has the sound of a reference to Judeans who served bar Cochba.

και κοπιωμεν εργαζομενοι ταις ιδιαις χερσιν λοιδορουμενοι ευλογουμεν διωκομενοι ανεχομεθα

* We labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

δθσφημουμενοι παρακαλουμεν ως περικαθαρματα του κοσμου εγενηθημεν παντων περιψημα εως αρτι

* When slandered, we entreat. We are become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things until now.

Ουκ εωτρεπων υμας γραφω ταθτα αλλὠς τεκνα μου αγαπητα νουθετων

* I do not write these things to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

Εαν γαρ μυριους παρδαγωγους εχητε εν Χριστω αλλ ου πολλους πατερας εν γαρ Χριστω Ιησου δια του ευαγγελιου εγω υμας εγεννησα

* For though you should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you do not have many fathers. in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I begot you.

      Paul is gay.  How do we know?  As a Pharisee, Paul undoubtedly knew that the obligation to create progeny was laid on men, not on women.  The prohibition against male interaction is not a matter of sexuality, but a matter of ownership of the progeny (a topic Paul addresses later on).  If a male produces progeny with another male, one of the two would have to surrender ownership.  The other could be accused of stealing the progeny from the one who surrendered it. Paul, in "begetting children" by creating communities of Greco-Romans who he was coaching in Judean praxis, found a way around the obligation to create offspring.  This meant he did not have to interact with women

Παρακαλω ουν υμας μιμται μου γινεσθε

* I urge you, therefore, become imitators of me.

Δια τουτο επεμψα υμιν τιμοθεον ος εστιν μου τεκνον αγαπητον και πιστον εν κυριω ς υμας αναμνησει τας οδους μου τας εν χριστω Ιησου καθως πανταχου εν παση εκκλησια διδασκω

* On account of this I sent Timothy to you, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every gathering.

ως μη ερχομενου δε μου προς υμας εφυσιωθησαν τινες

 * As to my not coming to you now, some were puffed up.

Ελευσομαι δε παχεως προς υμας εαν ο κυριος θεληση γνωσομαι ου τον λογον των πεφυσιωμενων αλλα την δυναμιν

* But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know out not the word of those who are puffed-up people, but their power.

Ου γαρ εν λογω η βασιλεια του θεου αλλ εν δυναμει

* The kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

Τι θελετε εν πρβδω ελθω προς υμας η εν αγαπη πνευματι τε παρυτητος

 What do you want? Shall I come before you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?