Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?

And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.

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

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

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

To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

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

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

but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

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

Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.