And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.

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

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia – for I will be going through Macedonia –

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

To the rest I say – I, not the Lord – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. God has called you in peace.

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?

To the married I give this command – not I, but the Lord – a wife should not divorce a husband

Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?