On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

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

Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

If they were all the same member, where would the body be?

It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

And if the ear says, “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

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

So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.

For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.