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Faithful is the God by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.Isaiah 49:7; John 15:4; 17:21; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 10:23; 1 John 1:3; 4:13;">[xr]

However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message ofa message of">[fn] wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.1 Corinthians 1:20,28; 14:20; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Ephesians 4:13; Philippians 3:15; Hebrews 5:14; James 3:15;">[xr]

Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in Christ.1 Corinthians 2:14-15; Hebrews 5:13;">[xr]

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you weren't ready for it. Why, you're still not ready for it!John 16:12; Hebrews 5:12-13; 1 Peter 2:2;">[xr]

For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building.Acts 15:4; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Ephesians 2:20; Colossians 2:7; Hebrews 3:3-4; 1 Peter 2:5;">[xr]

You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you?1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:21-22; Hebrews 3:6; 1 Peter 2:5;">[xr]

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.Psalm 44:22; Romans 8:36; 1 Corinthians 15:30-31; 2 Corinthians 4:11; 6:9; Hebrews 10:33;">[xr]

But I will come to you soon if it's the Lord's will. Then I'll discover not only what these arrogant people are saying but also what power they have,Acts 18:21; 19:21; Romans 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:5; 2 Corinthians 1:15,23; Hebrews 6:3; James 4:15;">[xr]

You know that wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of God, don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! Sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,1 Corinthians 15:50; Galatians 5:21; Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 12:14; 13:4; Revelation 22:15;">[xr]

That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and inby">[fn] the Spirit of our God.1 Corinthians 1:30; 12:2; Ephesians 2:2; 4:22; 5:8; Colossians 3:7; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 10:22;">[xr]

Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.Romans 1:24; 6:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:4; Hebrews 13:4;">[xr]

because you were bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God with your bodies.Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Galatians 3:13; Hebrews 9:12; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 2 Peter 2:1; Revelation 5:9;">[xr]

But if the unbelieving partnerthe unbeliever">[fn] leaves, let him go. In such cases the brother or sister is not bound; God has called youus">[fn] to live in peace.Romans 12:18; 14:19; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Hebrews 12:14;">[xr]

yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything came into being and for whom we live. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything came into being and through whom we live.Malachi 2:10; John 1:3; 13:13; Acts 2:36; 17:28; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Ephesians 4:5-6; Philippians 2:11; Colossians 1:6; Hebrews 1:2;">[xr]

You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.Galatians 2:2; 5:7; Philippians 2:16; 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:7; Hebrews 12:1;">[xr]

But God wasn't pleased with most of them, and so they were struck down in the wilderness.Numbers 14:29,32, 35; 26:64-65; Psalm 106:26; Hebrews 3:17; Jude 1:5;">[xr]

These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the climax of the ages has been realized.Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 7:29; 9:10; Philippians 4:5; Hebrews 10:25,37; 1 John 2:18;">[xr]

Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined lest we be condemned along with the world.Psalm 94:12-13; Hebrews 12:5-11;">[xr]

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the Spirit is the same;Romans 12:4; Ephesians 4:4; Hebrews 2:4; 1 Peter 4:10;">[xr]

But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person.John 3:8; Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 7:7; 2 Corinthians 10:13; Ephesians 4:7; Hebrews 2:4;">[xr]