those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions,

And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The glory of the heavenly body is one sort and the earthly another.

And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet – see! – we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

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

This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.

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