does not act improperly,
is not selfish, is not provoked,
and does not keep a record of wrongs.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality,

those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.