But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.

For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you, who know better, eating in an idol's temple, he will be encouraged to eat what has been offered to idols, won't he?

I am free, am I not? I am an apostle, am I not? I have seen Jesus our Lord, haven't I? You are the result of my work in the Lord, aren't you?

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's.

On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable,

Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

and he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

Next he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,

and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.

You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies,

But God gives the plant the form he wants it to have, and to each kind of seed its own form.

If Timothy comes, see to it that he does not have anything to be afraid of while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord's work as I am.