Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, that he may become wise.

And thus I ordain in all the churches. Is any one called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any one called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Ye are bought with a price; do not become the servants of men.

But take heed, lest by any means this your liberty become a stumbling-block to the weak.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.