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For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—
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For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
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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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For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this.
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Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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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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The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.
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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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I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
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When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
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In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
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The Need for Self-Discipline
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
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No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
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even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
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In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
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Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.
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Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.
Love Is Indispensable
And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
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When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
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Intelligibility in Worship
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.
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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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But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
