I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?

What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this.

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?