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No, but that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to God; and I would not have you have fellowship with one another through the demons.

Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.

Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.

But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice;" abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you, and, as before, for conscience' sake.

But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?

That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.

but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.

If a woman will not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair. But since it is a dishonor to a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man.

For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.

For just as woman originates from man, so also man comes into existence through woman, but everything springs originally from God.

but that if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because her hair was given her for a covering?

But if any one is inclined to be contentious on the point, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

But while giving you these instructions, there is one thing I cannot praise--your meeting together, with bad rather than good results.

But let a man examine himself, and, having done that, then let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

But when we are judged by the Lord, chastisement follows, to save us from being condemned along with the world.

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but there is one and the same Spirit;

But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.

But these results are all brought about by one and the same Spirit, who bestows His gifts upon each of us in accordance with His own will.

For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.