Study Desk

The present time is a time of trouble, so I think it is good for you to stay the way you are.

I am saying this to help you, not to limit you. But I want you to live in the right way, to give yourselves fully to the Lord without concern for other things.

But if a man is sure in his mind that there is no need for marriage, and has his own desires under control, and has decided not to marry the one to whom he is engaged, he is doing the right thing.

for us there is only one God—our Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord—Jesus Christ. All things were made through him, and we also were made through him.

This weak believer for whom Christ died is ruined because of your "knowledge."

He was really talking about us. Yes, that Scripture was written for us, because it goes on to say: "The one who plows and the one who works in the grain should hope to get some of the grain for their work."

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this now to get anything from you. I would rather die than to have my reason for bragging taken away.

Telling the Good News does not give me any reason for bragging. Telling the Good News is my duty—something I must do. And how terrible it will be for me if I do not tell the Good News.

And these things happened as examples for us, to stop us from wanting evil things as those people did.

I am speaking to you as to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

We give thanks for the cup of blessing, which is a sharing in the blood of Christ. And the bread that we break is a sharing in the body of Christ.

"We are allowed to do all things," but not all things are good for us to do. "We are allowed to do all things," but not all things help others grow stronger.

Do not look out only for yourselves. Look out for the good of others also.

If I eat the meal with thankfulness, why am I criticized because of something for which I thank God?

The answer is, if you eat or drink, or if you do anything, do it all for the glory of God.

just as I, also, try to please everybody in every way. I am not trying to do what is good for me but what is good for most people so they can be saved.

If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. But since it is shameful for a woman to cut off her hair or to shave her head, she should cover her head.

And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.

Decide this for yourselves: Is it right for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

Even nature itself teaches you that wearing long hair is shameful for a man.