1 Corinthians 4:6 and the Possibility of Written Bylaws in the Corinthian Church‪.‬

I Cor 4:6 has generated a long history of controversy. The central issue is the interpretation of the phrase in v. 6b, [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]. (1) Specifically, commentators have wrestled with the difficulty of locating a referent for [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]. The various attempts to clarify this problem can be described according to which of two fundamental presuppositions is assumed: either (1) the present text cannot be interpreted, or (2) the text makes sense as it stands. I. The Present Text Cannot Be Interpreted