To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

It is written in the law: “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.