<t /><p class="bodytext">Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

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

I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.p>

Now I mean this, that<n id="1" /> each of you is saying, &#8220;I am with Paul,&#8221; or &#8220;I am with Apollos,&#8221; or &#8220;I am with Cephas,&#8221; or &#8220;I am with Christ.&#8221;

Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law?<n id="1" /> Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

If someone&#8217;s work is burned up, he will suffer loss.<n id="1" /> He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;All things are lawful for me&#8221;<n id="1" /> &#8211; but not everything is beneficial. &#8220;All things are lawful for me&#8221; &#8211; but I will not be controlled by anything.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Nevertheless,<n id="1" /> as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is &#8211; and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!p>

<p class="bodytext">With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that &#8220;an idol in this world is nothing,&#8221; and that &#8220;there is no God but one.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign<n id="1" /> of my apostleship in the Lord.

<t /><p class="bodytext">For I do not want you to be unaware,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

I do not mean yours but the other person&#8217;s. For why is my freedom being judged by another&#8217;s conscience?

and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, &#8220;This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,<n id="1" />

The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, &#8220;God is really among you.&#8221;p>

the women<n id="1" /> should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak.<n id="2" /> Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.