ei introduces conditional clauses, linking a stated circumstance with its result, question, or instruction.

As a conjunction, ei marks a stated or supposed circumstance and connects it to a consequence, question, or response: conditional instructions appear in 1 Corinthians 10:27, while 1 Corinthians 15:13 reasons from a proposed condition to its implication.

1. Introduces a conditional circumstance and its outcome · dominant

   The supplied morphology most often identifies the form as a conjunction. In 1 Corinthians 10:27 the APB renders a circumstance of an unbeliever's invitation followed by an instruction about eating; in 1 Corinthians 11:31 it renders self-judgment as the condition followed by not being judged. In 1 Corinthians 15:13, the clause proposes no resurrection of the dead and draws the resulting claim about Christ.

   1 Corinthians 10:271 Corinthians 11:311 Corinthians 15:131 Corinthians 3:141 Corinthians 7:151 Peter 2:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly makes the conditional connection explicit with “if,” as in 1 Corinthians 10:27 and 1 Corinthians 15:13. Because it is a whole-verse translation, individual English phrasing cannot always be assigned to the term alone.