For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?

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.”

And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them?

in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body by human hands –

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.