A material man will not accept what the Spirit of God offers. It seems mere folly to him, and he cannot understand it, because it takes spiritual insight to see its true value.

Immorality is actually notorious among you, and immorality of a kind unknown even among the heathen??hat a man has taken his father's wife.

Do you not know that your bodies are parts of Christ's body? Am I then to take away from Christ parts of his body, and make them parts of a prostitute's? Never!

But if the one who is not a believer wishes to separate, let the separation take place. In such cases the brother or sister is not a slave; God has called you to live in peace.

But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous.

Have we not a right to take a Christian wife about with us, like the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

What pay then do I get? Why, that in my preaching I can offer the good news without cost, and so not take full advantage of my rights as a preacher.

and gave thanks for it and then broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body which takes your place. Do this in memory of me."

Women are to keep quiet in church, for they are not allowed to speak. They must take a subordinate place, just as the Law says.

By the very pride I take in you, brothers, through our union with Christ Jesus our Lord, I face death every day.