Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.

‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

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

Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper.

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this.

My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.

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

At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,