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For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honorable, but we [are] despised.

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who will bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.

For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed,

To deliver such one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Cleanse out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Yet not altogether with lewd persons of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must needs go out of the world.

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do ye not judge them that are within?

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for lewdness, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

What? know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.

Defraud ye not one the other, except with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you for your incontinence.

For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.