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whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
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For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
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Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
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Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church?
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Concerning Married Life
Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
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But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
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A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
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Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes?
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If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
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If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
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How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
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So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
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And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.