112 Claude Perera I divide up all my possessions to feed the poor2, and if I deliver my body so that I may boast, but have not love, I gain nothing”). Καυχ σωμαι being aorist subjunctive of καυχ ομα , it means “that I might boast or glory”. The four following variants have been proposed to καυχ σωμαι (cf. Appendix 1): Variant 1: καυθ σωμαι [future subjunctive, passive of κα ω “to burn”] (“…I might be burned.”) Variant 2 [NA25]: καυθ σομαι [future indicative, passive of κα ω “to burn”] (“…I will be burned.”) Variant 3: καυθ [aorist subjunctive passive of κα ω “to burn”] (“…that it might be burned.”) Variant 4 [GNT3]: καυθ σεται [future indicative, passive, of κα ω “to burn”] (“…that it will be burned.”) It must be noted that older Critical and other Versions have made their own choices. Tischendorf, von Soden, (Vogels) and Eberhard Nestle, Au- gustinus Merk and Gebhardt have consistently maintained καυθ σομαι, (whereas καυθ σωμαι was the choice of Alford, Baljon, Bover, Grinfield, Jager, Tregelles & Souter and Weymouth). Westcott-Hort have opted for καυχ σωμαι. Vulgate’s ut ardeam (“that I may be burnt”) has been faithfully followed in Latin New Testaments except in the Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum (1986) which has changed to ut glorier. Almost all the major modern versions have chosen “to be burned” or the equivalent3. Unique exceptions among modern versions are the RSV 19714 and NRSV which have chosen, “so that I may boast.” This situation of favouring 2 I am basing myself on Thiselton for this translation. He says, “The noun ψωμ ον means a small piece of bread or morsel of food. If the emphasis of the cognate verb lies on breaking up a piece of bread into small morsels, ψωμ ζω means to divide into small pieces (esp. to give away) … . If the emphasis lies on bread, ψωμ ζω primarily means to give some food, to feed (as clearly in Rom 12:20)”. Cf. A.C. Thiselton, The First Epistle to the Corinthians: a Commentary on the Greek Text (The New International Greek Testament Commentary; Grand Rapids, MI 2000) 1044. It must also be remarked that although usually ψωμ ζω takes a double accusative, in 1 Cor 13:3 the accusative of person (which is the indirect object of giving) is omitted. Cf. Ch. Hodge, An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids, MI 1857; repr. 1980) 268. 3 They are KJV, KNOX BIBLE, Douay-Rheims, NIV, NAS, NAB, REB, RSV, ESV, NKJV, NEB, GNB, TEV, CEV, NIRV, WNT, NJB, LB, EÜ, HB, TOB, NBE, SACRA BIB- BIA (PIB), and CEI. 4 It must be noted that it is only the 1971 edition out of all RSV editions and the NRSV have chosen “that I may boast”.