No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice<n id="1" /> is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

<p class="bodytext">For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

If the foot says, &#8220;Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,&#8221; it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

And if the ear says, &#8220;Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,&#8221; it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

It is written in the law: &#8220;<i><b>By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangersb> <b>I will speak to this peopleb>, <b>yet not even in this way will they listen to meb>i>,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the Lord.

So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

For I passed on to you as of first importance<n id="1" /> what I also received &#8211; that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

<p class="bodytext">Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters:<n id="1" /> Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

<p class="bodytext">Now, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts<n id="2" /> of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you

each builder&#8217;s<n id="1" /> work will be plainly seen, for the Day<n id="2" /> will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire<n id="3" /> will test what kind of work each has done.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman,<n id="1" /> and God is the head of Christ.

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, &#8220;Jesus is cursed,&#8221; and no one can say, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; except by the Holy Spirit.p>

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>

So then, dear brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.p>