But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wants me to. Then I will determine not [only] what these arrogant people are saying, but how much power they have.

Do you not know that we will judge [even] angels? [And if so], then how much more [must we judge] the things of this life!

But, because of so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

But I say this, brothers; there is not much time left [i.e., before the crisis arrives in full fury. See verse 26]. From now on those men who are married should live as though they were single.

If anyone thinks he knows something, he [really] does not know as much as he ought to.

If we have planted spiritual seeds [i.e., the Gospel message] among you, is it too much to expect to reap a material harvest from you?

[Obviously not], but you should eagerly desire the more important gifts. And now I will show you a much better way [i.e., a better way to serve one another in the church than using supernatural gifts]: