alla marks a contrast or correction, setting what follows against what has just been denied, limited, or stated.

Across the supplied verses, alla functions as a conjunction that links a preceding statement with a contrasting, corrective, or alternative clause: it can set “not” one thing against another, redirect an assertion, or introduce a contrasting statement.

1. Conjunction marking contrast or correction · dominant

   The forms ἀλλὰ and ἀλλ’ are tagged as conjunctions throughout the sample and join clauses in contrast. In 1 Corinthians 10:24 the APB renders a move from seeking one’s own things to seeking “the things of the other”; in 1 Corinthians 3:6 it contrasts Paul’s planting and Apollos’s watering with God causing growth. In 1 Corinthians 4:20 the APB renders the contrast between the kingdom being “not in word” and being “in power,” while 1 Corinthians 12:22 introduces a corrective statement about members that seem weaker being necessary.

   1 Corinthians 10:241 Corinthians 3:61 Corinthians 4:201 Corinthians 12:221 Corinthians 14:201 Corinthians 15:46

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly displays the clause-level contrast with “but,” and in some contexts with “rather,” “yet,” or “on the contrary.” These are presentations of the surrounding clauses rather than fixed renderings of each occurrence.