Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise,

and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.

So he called them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

He also asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,