All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.

so that no one can boast in his presence.

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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.