Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.

Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

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

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

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

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.