To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) ¹  to gain those under the law.

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, ¹  or does the law not say this as well?

the women ¹  should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. ²  Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” ¹  God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

It is written in the law: “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” ¹  says the Lord.

Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? ¹  Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, ¹  and do this before unbelievers?

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

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?

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, ¹  she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church? ¹ 

and all were baptized ¹  into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

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?