For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

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

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us.

And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel.

For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

Then after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, taking Titus along too.

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!

And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,