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.

Is he not clearly speaking in our interests? Of course this law was written in our interests, because the plowman ought to plow, and the thresher to thresh, in the expectation of sharing in the crop.

For if I do it of my own accord, I have my pay, but if I do it because I must, it is still a responsibility that I am charged with.

Because there is one loaf, we, many as we are, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

But while I am on this subject, I cannot approve of your meetings, because they are doing you more harm than good.

For I am the least important of the apostles, and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I once persecuted God's church.

For just as because of their relation to Adam all men die, so because of their relation to Christ they will all be brought to life again.