(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.

The disciples said to him, “If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.”

“All things are lawful for me” – but not everything is beneficial. “All things are lawful for me” – but I will not be controlled by anything.

So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.