So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

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

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” – but the immoral person sins against his own body.

I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?