Does any one of you that has a matter of dispute with another, presume to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

But if any man thinks he would treat his virgin daughter amiss, should she pass the bloom of life, and it is necessary that it should be so, let him do as he pleases, he does not sin; let them (the suitor and the daughter) marry.

But he that stands firm in his purpose, having no necessity to give his daughter in marriage, but has liberty with respect to his own will, and has thus decided in his own heart, that he will keep his daughter a virgin, does well.

So then, even he that gives her in marriage, does well; but he that gives her not in marriage, does better.

Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law, also, say the same?

or does he say it wholly for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, it was written: that he that plows should plow in hope, and that he that thrashes should thrash in hope of partaking.

Does not nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

does nothing unbecoming, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil,

But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.