Study Desk

But if you are told that it has been sacrificed to idols, don't cause a problem by eating it. I don't mean a problem for yourself, but for the one who told you. Why should my freedom be limited by someone else's conscience?

Now I want you to know that Christ is the head over all men, and a man is the head over a woman. But God is the head over Christ.

But any woman who prays or prophesies without something on her head brings shame to her head. In fact, she may as well shave her head.

A woman should wear something on her head. It is a disgrace for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair. But if she refuses to wear something on her head, let her cut off her hair.

It is true that the first woman came from a man, but all other men have been given birth by women. Yet God is the one who created everything.

But long hair is a beautiful way for a woman to cover her head.

You are bound to argue with each other, but it is easy to see which of you have God's approval.

But if you eat the bread and drink the wine in a way that isn't worthy of the Lord, you sin against his body and blood.

But when the Lord judges and punishes us, he does it to keep us from being condemned with the rest of the world.

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit.

Some of us can speak with wisdom, while others can speak with knowledge, but these gifts come from the same Spirit.

But it is the Spirit who does all this and decides which gifts to give to each of us.

Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.

But God has put all parts of our body together in the way that he decided is best.

but we don't have to be modest about other parts. God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable.

First, God chose some people to be apostles and prophets and teachers for the church. But he also chose some to work miracles or heal the sick or help others or be leaders or speak different kinds of languages.

Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.

But what is perfect will someday appear, and what isn't perfect will then disappear.

When we were children, we thought and reasoned as children do. But when we grew up, we quit our childish ways.

Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face. We don't know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us.