This world’s wisdom is foolishness to God. As it’s written, He catches the wise in their cleverness.

And also, The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are silly.

I’m not aware of anything against me, but that doesn’t make me innocent, because the Lord is the one who judges me.

So don’t judge anything before the right time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring things that are hidden in the dark to light, and he will make people’s motivations public. Then there will be recognition for each person from God.

This is why I’ve sent Timothy to you; he’s my loved and trusted child in the Lord; he’ll remind you about my way of life in Christ Jesus. He’ll teach the same way as I teach everywhere in every church.

But, if the Lord is willing, I’ll come to you soon. Then I won’t focus on what these arrogant people say, but I’ll find out what power they possess.

When you meet together in the name of our Lord Jesus, I’ll be present in spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus.

At that time we need to hand this man over to Satan to destroy his human weakness so that his spirit might be saved on the day of the Lord.

That is what some of you used to be! But you were washed clean, you were made holy to God, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, and yet God will do away with both. The body isn’t for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

God has raised the Lord and will raise us through his power.

The one who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

I’m passing on the Lord’s command to those who are married: A wife shouldn’t leave her husband,

I’m telling everyone else (the Lord didn’t say this specifically): If a believer has a wife who doesn’t believe, and she agrees to live with him, then he shouldn’t divorce her.

Nevertheless, each person should live the kind of life that the Lord assigned when he called each one. This is what I teach in all the churches.

Anyone who was a slave when they were called by the Lord has the status of being the Lord’s free person. In the same way, anyone who was a free person when they were called is Christ’s slave.

I don’t have a command from the Lord about people who have never been married, but I’ll give you my opinion as someone you can trust because of the Lord’s mercy.

I want you to be free from concerns. A man who isn’t married is concerned about the Lord’s concerns—how he can please the Lord.

His attention is divided. A woman who isn’t married or who is a virgin is concerned about the Lord’s concerns so that she can be dedicated to God in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the world’s concerns—how she can please her husband.

I’m saying this for your own advantage. It’s not to restrict you but rather to promote effective and consistent service to the Lord without distraction.

A woman is obligated to stay in her marriage as long as her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wants, only it should be a believer in the Lord.

Granted, there are so-called “gods,” in heaven and on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords.

However, for us believers, There is one God the Father. All things come from him, and we belong to him. And there is one Lord Jesus Christ. All things exist through him, and we live through him.

Waiving rights for the gospel

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

Don’t we have the right to travel with a wife who believes like the rest of the apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?