Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

For I think that God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now.

Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Hast thou been called being a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use it rather.

I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.

For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.